#9EA537#9EA537

#9EA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.132 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA537
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -16.86, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 56.40, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0511 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.132 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2461, 34.4558, 8.7764)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA537 #3E37A5

analogous

#A57537 #9EA537 #67A537

triadic

#9EA537 #379EA5 #A5379E

tetradic

#9EA537 #37A575 #3E37A5 #A53767

square

#9EA537 #37A575 #3E37A5 #A53767

split-complementary

#9EA537 #3767A5 #7537A5

monochromatic

#464918 #727728 #9EA537 #BFC653 #D0D581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9EA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#9EA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA537

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA537	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.132 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf74',
    500: '#9ea537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea537;
$custom-light: #bdbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69525,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA537

secondary

#7E79BF

accent

#4EDA57

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA537

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

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