#9EA228#9EA228

#9EA228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.138 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA228
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -16.12, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 60.70, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0505 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.138 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4048, 33.2637, 6.9840)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA228 #2C28A2

analogous

#A26928 #9EA228 #61A228

triadic

#9EA228 #289EA2 #A2289E

tetradic

#9EA228 #28A269 #2C28A2 #A22861

square

#9EA228 #28A269 #2C28A2 #A22861

split-complementary

#9EA228 #2861A2 #6928A2

monochromatic

#3E4010 #6E711C #9EA228 #C9CE39 #D7DA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9EA228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9EA228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA228

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA228	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.138 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebd6c',
    500: '#9ea228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea228;
$custom-light: #bebd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68735,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA228

secondary

#6865C1

accent

#44E449

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA228

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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