#9EA62F#9EA62F
#9EA62F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.138 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA62F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 166, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 56%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 72%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 71.7%, 34.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.55, -17.83, 57.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.55, 59.88, 107.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.69% -0.0546 0.127) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.69% 0.138 113.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.2507, 34.7474, 7.9075) |
| Luminance | 0.3475 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.66
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.75
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.78
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.89
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.12
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA62F #372FA6
analogous
#A6732F #9EA62F #62A62F
triadic
#9EA62F #2F9EA6 #A62F9E
tetradic
#9EA62F #2FA673 #372FA6 #A62F62
square
#9EA62F #2FA673 #372FA6 #A62F62
split-complementary
#9EA62F #2F62A6 #732FA6
monochromatic
#434714 #717621 #9EA62F #C2CB47 #D2D877
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.64
#9EA62F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.95
#9EA62F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA62F
7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA62F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA62F | 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)
#B29E1A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A038
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea62f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 166, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.138 113.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec070',
500: '#9ea62f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea62f; $custom-light: #bec070; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea62f",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 166,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.034,
"s": 55.869,
"l": 41.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69691,
"c": 0.13826,
"h": 113.3
},
"luminance": 0.34747
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA62F
secondary
#7670C1
accent
#49DF53
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B