#9EA53E#9EA53E
#9EA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.126 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA53E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 165, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 45%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 62%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.38, -16.40, 50.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.38, 53.49, 107.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.59% -0.0491 0.1162) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.59% 0.126 112.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.4259, 34.5277, 9.7236) |
| Luminance | 0.3453 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.99
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.24
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.27
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 5.39
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.40
Vomit Green
#89A203
ΔE00 5.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA53E #453EA5
analogous
#A5793E #9EA53E #6AA53E
triadic
#9EA53E #3E9EA5 #A53E9E
tetradic
#9EA53E #3EA579 #453EA5 #A53E6A
square
#9EA53E #3EA579 #453EA5 #A53E6A
split-complementary
#9EA53E #3E6AA5 #793EA5
monochromatic
#494C1D #73792D #9EA53E #BCC25E #CED38A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.66
#9EA53E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.91
#9EA53E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA53E
7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA53E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA53E | 1.00 | 2.66 | 7.91 | 7.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19E31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A045
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A89C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea53e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.126 112.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdbf78',
500: '#9ea53e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea53e; $custom-light: #bdbf78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea53e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 165,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.078,
"s": 45.374,
"l": 44.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69589,
"c": 0.12617,
"h": 112.9
},
"luminance": 0.34527
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA53E
secondary
#8581BE
accent
#53D55C
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F7ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B