#9EA421#9EA421
#9EA421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.144 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA421 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 164, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 66%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 80%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 79.9%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.91, -17.43, 61.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.91, 63.64, 105.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.15% -0.0547 0.1331) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.15% 0.144 112.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.6515, 33.9305, 6.5312) |
| Luminance | 0.3393 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.47
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.56
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.77
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.63
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.95
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA421 #2721A4
analogous
#A46821 #9EA421 #5CA421
triadic
#9EA421 #219EA4 #A4219E
tetradic
#9EA421 #21A468 #2721A4 #A4215C
square
#9EA421 #21A468 #2721A4 #A4215C
split-complementary
#9EA421 #215CA4 #6821A4
monochromatic
#3C3E0C #6D7117 #9EA421 #CDD52D #D9DF60
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.70
#9EA421 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.79
#9EA421 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA421
7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA421 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA421 | 1.00 | 2.70 | 7.79 | 7.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.70 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19C00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99A8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea421; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 33); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.144 112.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebe69',
500: '#9ea421',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea421; $custom-light: #bebe69; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea421",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 164,
"b": 33
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.748,
"s": 66.497,
"l": 38.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69151,
"c": 0.14387,
"h": 112.4
},
"luminance": 0.3393
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA421
secondary
#625DC4
accent
#3EE946
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131207
muted
#82817A