#9EA231#9EA231

#9EA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.133 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA231
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -15.67, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 57.48, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0484 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.133 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5761, 33.3322, 7.8863)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA231 #3531A2

analogous

#A26E31 #9EA231 #66A231

triadic

#9EA231 #319EA2 #A2319E

tetradic

#9EA231 #31A26E #3531A2 #A23166

square

#9EA231 #31A26E #3531A2 #A23166

split-complementary

#9EA231 #3166A2 #6E31A2

monochromatic

#424415 #707323 #9EA231 #C3C848 #D3D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9EA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#9EA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA231

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA231	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.133 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebd70',
    500: '#9ea231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea231;
$custom-light: #bebd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.124,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68797,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA231

secondary

#7371BE

accent

#4BDD50

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA231

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

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