#9EA522#9EA522

#9EA522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.144 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA522
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -17.91, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 63.74, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.056 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.144 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8453, 34.2955, 6.6659)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA522 #2922A5

analogous

#A56B22 #9EA522 #5DA522

triadic

#9EA522 #229EA5 #A5229E

tetradic

#9EA522 #22A56B #2922A5 #A5225D

square

#9EA522 #22A56B #2922A5 #A5225D

split-complementary

#9EA522 #225DA5 #6B22A5

monochromatic

#3D400D #6D7218 #9EA522 #CCD430 #D8DF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9EA522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#9EA522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA522

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA522	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)

#B2A02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.144 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebf6a',
    500: '#9ea522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea522;
$custom-light: #bebf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69384,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA522

secondary

#645FC4

accent

#3FE948

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA522

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

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