#9EA557#9EA557

#9EA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.102 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA557
RGB	rgb(158, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 47.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -14.25, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 41.84, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0404 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.102 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2764, 34.8679, 14.2029)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA557 #5E57A5

analogous

#A58557 #9EA557 #77A557

triadic

#9EA557 #579EA5 #A5579E

tetradic

#9EA557 #57A585 #5E57A5 #A55777

square

#9EA557 #57A585 #5E57A5 #A55777

split-complementary

#9EA557 #5777A5 #8557A5

monochromatic

#51552D #787D42 #9EA557 #B6BB7E #CCD0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9EA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#9EA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA557

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA557	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)

#AF9F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.102 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf88',
    500: '#9ea557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea557;
$custom-light: #bcbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.385,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA557

secondary

#9D9ABE

accent

#61C76A

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA557

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

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