#9EA251#9EA251

#9EA251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.105 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA251
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 50%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -13.28, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 43.33, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0382 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.105 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5066, 33.7044, 12.7869)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA251 #5551A2

analogous

#A27D51 #9EA251 #75A251

triadic

#9EA251 #519EA2 #A2519E

tetradic

#9EA251 #51A27D #5551A2 #A25175

square

#9EA251 #51A27D #5551A2 #A25175

split-complementary

#9EA251 #5175A2 #7D51A2

monochromatic

#4E5028 #76793D #9EA251 #B7BA76 #CCCF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9EA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#9EA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA251

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA251	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.105 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd84',
    500: '#9ea251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea251;
$custom-light: #bcbd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.963,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69131,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA251

secondary

#9593BC

accent

#5EC964

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA251

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

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