#9EA255#9EA255

#9EA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.101 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA255
RGB	rgb(158, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 47.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -12.88, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 41.35, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0367 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.101 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6611, 33.7662, 13.6003)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA255 #5955A2

analogous

#A27F55 #9EA255 #77A255

triadic

#9EA255 #559EA2 #A2559E

tetradic

#9EA255 #55A27F #5955A2 #A25577

square

#9EA255 #55A27F #5955A2 #A25577

split-complementary

#9EA255 #5577A2 #7F55A2

monochromatic

#50522B #777A40 #9EA255 #B6BA7B #CCCFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9EA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9EA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA255

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA255	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.101 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd87',
    500: '#9ea255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea255;
$custom-light: #bcbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69186,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA255

secondary

#9997BC

accent

#60C766

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA255

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

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