#9EA53C#9EA53C
#9EA53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.128 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA53C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 165, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 47%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 64%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 63.6%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.36, -16.54, 51.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.36, 54.34, 107.72°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.57% -0.0497 0.1177) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.57% 0.128 112.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3720, 34.5062, 9.4399) |
| Luminance | 0.3451 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.79
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.00
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.04
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.19
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.22
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 5.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA53C #433CA5
analogous
#A5783C #9EA53C #6AA53C
triadic
#9EA53C #3C9EA5 #A53C9E
tetradic
#9EA53C #3CA578 #433CA5 #A53C6A
square
#9EA53C #3CA578 #433CA5 #A53C6A
split-complementary
#9EA53C #3C6AA5 #783CA5
monochromatic
#484B1B #73782C #9EA53C #BCC35B #CFD488
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.66
#9EA53C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.90
#9EA53C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA53C
7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA53C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA53C | 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)
#B19D2F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A043
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A89B8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea53c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.128 112.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdbf77',
500: '#9ea53c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea53c; $custom-light: #bdbf77; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea53c",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 165,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64,
"s": 46.667,
"l": 44.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6957,
"c": 0.12779,
"h": 112.9
},
"luminance": 0.34506
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA53C
secondary
#837FBE
accent
#51D65A
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F7ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B