#9EA42E#9EA42E

#9EA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.137 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA42E
RGB	rgb(158, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -16.86, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 59.41, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.052 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.137 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8700, 34.0179, 7.6822)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA42E #342EA4

analogous

#A46F2E #9EA42E #63A42E

triadic

#9EA42E #2E9EA4 #A42E9E

tetradic

#9EA42E #2EA46F #342EA4 #A42E63

square

#9EA42E #2EA46F #342EA4 #A42E63

split-complementary

#9EA42E #2E63A4 #6F2EA4

monochromatic

#424413 #707421 #9EA42E #C4CB45 #D3D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9EA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#9EA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA42E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA42E	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)

#B19C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.137 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebe6f',
    500: '#9ea42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea42e;
$custom-light: #bebe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.051,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69229,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA42E

secondary

#726EC0

accent

#48DF50

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA42E

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

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