#9EA531#9EA531
#9EA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.136 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA531 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 165, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 54%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 70%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 70.3%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.28, -17.21, 56.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.28, 58.73, 107.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.48% -0.0527 0.1252) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.48% 0.136 112.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.1109, 34.4017, 8.0645) |
| Luminance | 0.3440 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.81
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.94
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.87
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.30
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.42
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA531 #3831A5
analogous
#A57231 #9EA531 #64A531
triadic
#9EA531 #319EA5 #A5319E
tetradic
#9EA531 #31A572 #3831A5 #A53164
square
#9EA531 #31A572 #3831A5 #A53164
split-complementary
#9EA531 #3164A5 #7231A5
monochromatic
#444715 #717623 #9EA531 #C2C94A #D2D779
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.66
#9EA531 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.88
#9EA531 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA531
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA531 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA531 | 1.00 | 2.66 | 7.88 | 7.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.66 | 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)
#B19D1E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A03A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99B8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea531; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 49); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.136 112.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bebf71',
500: '#9ea531',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea531; $custom-light: #bebf71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea531",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 165,
"b": 49
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.621,
"s": 54.206,
"l": 41.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69478,
"c": 0.13586,
"h": 112.8
},
"luminance": 0.34401
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA531
secondary
#7772C0
accent
#4ADE53
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B