#9EA53D#9EA53D
#9EA53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA53D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 165, 61) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 46%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 63%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 63%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.37, -16.47, 51.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.37, 53.92, 107.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.58% -0.0494 0.117) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.58% 0.127 112.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3987, 34.5169, 9.5804) |
| Luminance | 0.3452 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.89
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.12
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.15
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.29
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.30
Vomit Green
#89A203
ΔE00 5.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA53D #443DA5
analogous
#A5783D #9EA53D #6AA53D
triadic
#9EA53D #3D9EA5 #A53D9E
tetradic
#9EA53D #3DA578 #443DA5 #A53D6A
square
#9EA53D #3DA578 #443DA5 #A53D6A
split-complementary
#9EA53D #3D6AA5 #783DA5
monochromatic
#484C1C #73782C #9EA53D #BCC35C #CED389
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.66
#9EA53D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.90
#9EA53D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA53D
7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA53D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA53D | 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)
#B19E30
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A044
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A89C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea53d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 61); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 112.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdbf77',
500: '#9ea53d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea53d; $custom-light: #bdbf77; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea53d",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 165,
"b": 61
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.038,
"s": 46.018,
"l": 44.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69579,
"c": 0.12698,
"h": 112.9
},
"luminance": 0.34516
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA53D
secondary
#8480BE
accent
#52D65B
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F7ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B