#9EA239#9EA239
#9EA239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA239 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 162, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 48%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 65%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 64.8%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.49, -15.19, 52.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.49, 54.29, 106.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.86% -0.0462 0.118) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.86% 0.127 111.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.7602, 33.4058, 8.8557) |
| Luminance | 0.3341 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
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Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.17
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.55
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.68
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.74
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA239 #3D39A2
analogous
#A27239 #9EA239 #69A239
triadic
#9EA239 #399EA2 #A2399E
tetradic
#9EA239 #39A272 #3D39A2 #A23969
square
#9EA239 #39A272 #3D39A2 #A23969
split-complementary
#9EA239 #3969A2 #7239A2
monochromatic
#464719 #727529 #9EA239 #BFC355 #D0D382
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.73
#9EA239 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.68
#9EA239 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA239
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA239 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA239 | 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)
#AE9B2B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9E40
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9988C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea239; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 111.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdbd75',
500: '#9ea239',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea239; $custom-light: #bdbd75; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea239",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 162,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.286,
"s": 47.945,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68863,
"c": 0.12676,
"h": 111.4
},
"luminance": 0.33405
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA239
secondary
#7D7ABD
accent
#50D855
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B