#9EA42C#9EA42C

#9EA42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.138 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA42C
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -16.96, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 60.13, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0525 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.138 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8315, 34.0025, 7.4794)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA42C #322CA4

analogous

#A46E2C #9EA42C #62A42C

triadic

#9EA42C #2C9EA4 #A42C9E

tetradic

#9EA42C #2CA46E #322CA4 #A42C62

square

#9EA42C #2CA46E #322CA4 #A42C62

split-complementary

#9EA42C #2C62A4 #6E2CA4

monochromatic

#414312 #70741F #9EA42C #C5CC41 #D4D971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9EA42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#9EA42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA42C

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA42C	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)

#B19C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.138 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebe6e',
    500: '#9ea42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea42c;
$custom-light: #bebe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69215,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA42C

secondary

#706BC0

accent

#47E14F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA42C

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

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