#9EA43C#9EA43C
#9EA43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA43C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 164, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 46%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 63%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 63.4%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.08, -16.03, 51.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.08, 53.90, 107.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.34% -0.0482 0.1171) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.34% 0.127 112.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.1924, 34.1469, 9.3800) |
| Luminance | 0.3415 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.96
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.98
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.01
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.07
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.21
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA43C #423CA4
analogous
#A4763C #9EA43C #6AA43C
triadic
#9EA43C #3C9EA4 #A43C9E
tetradic
#9EA43C #3CA476 #423CA4 #A43C6A
square
#9EA43C #3CA476 #423CA4 #A43C6A
split-complementary
#9EA43C #3C6AA4 #763CA4
monochromatic
#484A1B #73772C #9EA43C #BDC35A #CFD387
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.68
#9EA43C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.83
#9EA43C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA43C
7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA43C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA43C | 1.00 | 2.68 | 7.83 | 7.83 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09D2F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09F43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A89A8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea43c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 164, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 112.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdbe77',
500: '#9ea43c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea43c; $custom-light: #bdbe77; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea43c",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 164,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.462,
"s": 46.429,
"l": 43.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69343,
"c": 0.12664,
"h": 112.4
},
"luminance": 0.34146
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA43C
secondary
#827EBD
accent
#52D659
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F6ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B