#9EA423#9EA423
#9EA423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.143 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA423 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 164, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 65%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 79%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 78.7%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.92, -17.36, 60.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.92, 63.05, 105.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.16% -0.0544 0.1322) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.16% 0.143 112.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.6803, 33.9420, 6.6831) |
| Luminance | 0.3394 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.59
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.69
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.77
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.67
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.00
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA423 #2923A4
analogous
#A46A23 #9EA423 #5EA423
triadic
#9EA423 #239EA4 #A4239E
tetradic
#9EA423 #23A46A #2923A4 #A4235E
square
#9EA423 #23A46A #2923A4 #A4235E
split-complementary
#9EA423 #235EA4 #6A23A4
monochromatic
#3D3F0D #6D7218 #9EA423 #CCD331 #D8DE64
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.70
#9EA423 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.79
#9EA423 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA423
7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA423 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA423 | 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)
#B19F2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99A8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea423; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.143 112.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebe6a',
500: '#9ea423',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea423; $custom-light: #bebe6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea423",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 164,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.791,
"s": 64.824,
"l": 39.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69161,
"c": 0.14291,
"h": 112.4
},
"luminance": 0.33941
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA423
secondary
#6460C3
accent
#40E848
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A