#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
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 47.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -14.35, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 42.33, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0408 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.103 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2358, 34.8517, 13.9892)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9EA556	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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