#9EA238#9EA238

#9EA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.128 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA238
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -15.26, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 54.70, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0465 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.128 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7355, 33.3960, 8.7256)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA238 #3C38A2

analogous

#A27138 #9EA238 #69A238

triadic

#9EA238 #389EA2 #A2389E

tetradic

#9EA238 #38A271 #3C38A2 #A23869

square

#9EA238 #38A271 #3C38A2 #A23869

split-complementary

#9EA238 #3869A2 #7138A2

monochromatic

#454719 #727528 #9EA238 #BFC453 #D0D381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#9EA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#9EA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA238

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA238	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.128 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbd74',
    500: '#9ea238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea238;
$custom-light: #bdbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68854,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA238

secondary

#7B79BD

accent

#50D855

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA238

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

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