#9EA62E#9EA62E
#9EA62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.139 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA62E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 166, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 57%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 72%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 72.3%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.55, -17.88, 57.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.55, 60.24, 107.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.68% -0.0549 0.1276) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.68% 0.139 113.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.2308, 34.7394, 7.8025) |
| Luminance | 0.3474 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.61
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.66
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.69
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.83
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.07
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA62E #362EA6
analogous
#A6722E #9EA62E #62A62E
triadic
#9EA62E #2E9EA6 #A62E9E
tetradic
#9EA62E #2EA672 #362EA6 #A62E62
square
#9EA62E #2EA672 #362EA6 #A62E62
split-complementary
#9EA62E #2E62A6 #722EA6
monochromatic
#434613 #707621 #9EA62E #C3CC46 #D2D976
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.64
#9EA62E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.95
#9EA62E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA62E
7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA62E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA62E | 1.00 | 2.64 | 7.95 | 7.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29E18
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A037
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea62e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 166, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.139 113.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec06f',
500: '#9ea62e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea62e; $custom-light: #bec06f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea62e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 166,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64,
"s": 56.604,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69684,
"c": 0.13889,
"h": 113.3
},
"luminance": 0.34739
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA62E
secondary
#746FC1
accent
#48E052
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B