#9EA520#9EA520

#9EA520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.145 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA520
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -17.98, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 64.30, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0563 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.145 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8173, 34.2843, 6.5184)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA520 #2720A5

analogous

#A56920 #9EA520 #5BA520

triadic

#9EA520 #209EA5 #A5209E

tetradic

#9EA520 #20A569 #2720A5 #A5205B

square

#9EA520 #20A569 #2720A5 #A5205B

split-complementary

#9EA520 #205BA5 #6920A5

monochromatic

#3C3E0C #6D7216 #9EA520 #CDD62C #D9E05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9EA520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#9EA520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA520

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA520	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.145 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebf69',
    500: '#9ea520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea520;
$custom-light: #bebf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69374,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA520

secondary

#625CC5

accent

#3DEA47

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA520

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

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