#9EA556#9EA556

#9EA556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.103 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9EA556
RGBrgb(158, 165, 86)
HSLhsl(65, 31%, 49%)
HSVhsv(65, 48%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(4.2%, 0%, 47.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.63, -14.35, 39.83)
CIE-LCHlch(65.63, 42.33, 109.81°)
OKLaboklab(69.87% -0.0408 0.095)
OKLCHoklch(69.87% 0.103 113.2)
XYZxyz(29.2358, 34.8517, 13.9892)
Luminance0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9EA556 #5D56A5
analogous
#A58556 #9EA556 #77A556
triadic
#9EA556 #569EA5 #A5569E
tetradic
#9EA556 #56A585 #5D56A5 #A55677
square
#9EA556 #56A585 #5D56A5 #A55677
split-complementary
#9EA556 #5677A5 #8556A5
monochromatic
#51552C #777D41 #9EA556 #B6BB7D #CCD0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#9EA556 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97
#9EA556 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA556
7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9EA556#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9EA5561.002.637.977.97
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9721.001.001.00
##0000007.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9E4F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFA05A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A69D93
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9ea556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.103 113.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf87',
    500: '#9ea556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9ea556;
$custom-light: #bcbf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9ea556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.316,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69873,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9EA556
secondary
#9C99BE
accent
#60C869
background
#FBFBF8
surface
#F7F7F0
border
#D0D0CB
text
#12120B
muted
#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA556

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#9EA556 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva