#9EA53B#9EA53B

#9EA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.129 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA53B
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 64.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -16.61, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 54.76, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.05 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.129 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3459, 34.4957, 9.3020)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA53B #423BA5

analogous

#A5773B #9EA53B #69A53B

triadic

#9EA53B #3B9EA5 #A53B9E

tetradic

#9EA53B #3BA577 #423BA5 #A53B69

square

#9EA53B #3BA577 #423BA5 #A53B69

split-complementary

#9EA53B #3B69A5 #773BA5

monochromatic

#484B1B #73782B #9EA53B #BDC459 #CFD486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9EA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#9EA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA53B

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA53B	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.129 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf76',
    500: '#9ea53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea53b;
$custom-light: #bdbf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.962,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69561,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA53B

secondary

#827EBE

accent

#51D75A

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA53B

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

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