#9EA22C#9EA22C
#9EA22C 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 | #9EA22C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 162, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 57%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 73%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 72.8%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.40, -15.93, 57.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.40, 59.32, 105.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.76% -0.0496 0.1264) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.76% 0.136 111.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.4764, 33.2923, 7.3611) |
| Luminance | 0.3329 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.24
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.34
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.46
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.62
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.98
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA22C #302CA2
analogous
#A26B2C #9EA22C #63A22C
triadic
#9EA22C #2C9EA2 #A22C9E
tetradic
#9EA22C #2CA26B #302CA2 #A22C63
square
#9EA22C #2CA26B #302CA2 #A22C63
split-complementary
#9EA22C #2C63A2 #6B2CA2
monochromatic
#404212 #6F721F #9EA22C #C6CB40 #D5D870
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.74
#9EA22C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.66
#9EA22C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA22C
7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA22C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA22C | 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)
#AF9B16
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9E35
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9988B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea22c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.136 111.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebd6e',
500: '#9ea22c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea22c; $custom-light: #bebd6e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea22c",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 162,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.034,
"s": 57.282,
"l": 40.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68761,
"c": 0.13581,
"h": 111.4
},
"luminance": 0.33292
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA22C
secondary
#6D6ABF
accent
#47E14C
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B