#9EA42A#9EA42A

#9EA42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.139 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA42A
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -17.06, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 60.82, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0529 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.139 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7948, 33.9878, 7.2862)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA42A #302AA4

analogous

#A46D2A #9EA42A #61A42A

triadic

#9EA42A #2A9EA4 #A42A9E

tetradic

#9EA42A #2AA46D #302AA4 #A42A61

square

#9EA42A #2AA46D #302AA4 #A42A61

split-complementary

#9EA42A #2A61A4 #6D2AA4

monochromatic

#404311 #6F731E #9EA42A #C6CD3E #D5DA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9EA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#9EA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA42A

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA42A	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.139 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebe6d',
    500: '#9ea42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea42a;
$custom-light: #bebe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69202,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA42A

secondary

#6D69C1

accent

#45E24D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA42A

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

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