#9EA61D#9EA61D
#9EA61D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.148 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA61D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 166, 29) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 70%, 38%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 83%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 82.5%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.46, -18.59, 62.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.46, 65.49, 106.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.59% -0.0582 0.1357) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.59% 0.148 113.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.9595, 34.6309, 6.3737) |
| Luminance | 0.3463 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.67
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.38
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.59
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.22
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.61
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA61D #251DA6
analogous
#A6691D #9EA61D #59A61D
triadic
#9EA61D #1D9EA6 #A61D9E
tetradic
#9EA61D #1DA669 #251DA6 #A61D59
square
#9EA61D #1DA669 #251DA6 #A61D59
split-complementary
#9EA61D #1D59A6 #691DA6
monochromatic
#3B3E0B #6C7214 #9EA61D #CFD927 #DAE25B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#9EA61D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.93
#9EA61D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA61D
7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA61D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA61D | 1.00 | 2.65 | 7.93 | 7.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39E00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A02B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99B8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea61d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 166, 29); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.148 113.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfc068',
500: '#9ea61d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea61d; $custom-light: #bfc068; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea61d",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 166,
"b": 29
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.504,
"s": 70.256,
"l": 38.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69589,
"c": 0.14771,
"h": 113.2
},
"luminance": 0.3463
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA61D
secondary
#5F59C6
accent
#3BED45
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131207
muted
#82817A