#9EA52E#9EA52E
#9EA52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.138 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA52E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 165, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 56%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 72%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 72.1%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.26, -17.37, 57.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.26, 59.83, 106.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.46% -0.0535 0.127) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.46% 0.138 112.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.0497, 34.3773, 7.7421) |
| Luminance | 0.3438 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.53
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.80
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.60
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.12
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.27
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA52E #352EA5
analogous
#A5712E #9EA52E #63A52E
triadic
#9EA52E #2E9EA5 #A52E9E
tetradic
#9EA52E #2EA571 #352EA5 #A52E63
square
#9EA52E #2EA571 #352EA5 #A52E63
split-complementary
#9EA52E #2E63A5 #712EA5
monochromatic
#424513 #707521 #9EA52E #C3CB45 #D3D875
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.67
#9EA52E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.88
#9EA52E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA52E
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA52E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA52E | 1.00 | 2.67 | 7.88 | 7.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29D18
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A037
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99B8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea52e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.138 112.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebf6f',
500: '#9ea52e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea52e; $custom-light: #bebf6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea52e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 165,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.529,
"s": 56.398,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69456,
"c": 0.1378,
"h": 112.8
},
"luminance": 0.34377
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA52E
secondary
#736FC0
accent
#48E051
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B