#9EA22B#9EA22B

#9EA22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.136 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA22B
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -15.98, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 59.67, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0499 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.136 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4578, 33.2849, 7.2633)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA22B #2F2BA2

analogous

#A26B2B #9EA22B #62A22B

triadic

#9EA22B #2B9EA2 #A22B9E

tetradic

#9EA22B #2BA26B #2F2BA2 #A22B62

square

#9EA22B #2BA26B #2F2BA2 #A22B62

split-complementary

#9EA22B #2B62A2 #6B2BA2

monochromatic

#404111 #6F721E #9EA22B #C7CC3E #D5D96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9EA22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#9EA22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA22B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA22B	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.136 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebd6d',
    500: '#9ea22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea22b;
$custom-light: #bebd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68754,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA22B

secondary

#6C69C0

accent

#47E14C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA22B

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

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