#9EA538#9EA538

#9EA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.131 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA538
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -16.80, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 55.99, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0509 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.131 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2703, 34.4655, 8.9039)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA538 #3F38A5

analogous

#A57538 #9EA538 #67A538

triadic

#9EA538 #389EA5 #A5389E

tetradic

#9EA538 #38A575 #3F38A5 #A53867

square

#9EA538 #38A575 #3F38A5 #A53867

split-complementary

#9EA538 #3867A5 #7538A5

monochromatic

#464A19 #727728 #9EA538 #BEC555 #D0D583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9EA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#9EA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA538

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA538	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)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.131 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf75',
    500: '#9ea538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea538;
$custom-light: #bdbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.853,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69534,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA538

secondary

#7F7ABE

accent

#4FD958

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA538

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

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