#9EA23A#9EA23A
#9EA23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA23A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 162, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 47%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 64%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 64.2%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.50, -15.13, 51.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.50, 53.87, 106.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.87% -0.0459 0.1173) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.87% 0.126 111.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.7854, 33.4159, 8.9884) |
| Luminance | 0.3342 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.75
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.25
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.65
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.79
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.82
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA23A #3E3AA2
analogous
#A2723A #9EA23A #6AA23A
triadic
#9EA23A #3A9EA2 #A23A9E
tetradic
#9EA23A #3AA272 #3E3AA2 #A23A6A
square
#9EA23A #3AA272 #3E3AA2 #A23A6A
split-complementary
#9EA23A #3A6AA2 #723AA2
monochromatic
#46481A #72752A #9EA23A #BFC357 #D0D384
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.73
#9EA23A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.68
#9EA23A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA23A
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA23A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA23A | 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)
#AE9B2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9E41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A8988C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea23a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 111.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdbd75',
500: '#9ea23a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea23a; $custom-light: #bdbd75; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea23a",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 162,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.308,
"s": 47.273,
"l": 43.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68872,
"c": 0.12598,
"h": 111.4
},
"luminance": 0.33415
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA23A
secondary
#7E7BBD
accent
#51D756
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B