#9EA72A#9EA72A

#9EA72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.142 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA72A
RGB	rgb(158, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 74.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -18.59, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 62.03, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0572 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.142 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3380, 35.0743, 7.4673)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA72A #332AA7

analogous

#A7712A #9EA72A #5FA72A

triadic

#9EA72A #2A9EA7 #A72A9E

tetradic

#9EA72A #2AA771 #332AA7 #A72A5F

square

#9EA72A #2AA771 #332AA7 #A72A5F

split-complementary

#9EA72A #2A5FA7 #712AA7

monochromatic

#414511 #70761E #9EA72A #C4CF3F #D3DB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9EA72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#9EA72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA72A

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA72A	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.142 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec16d',
    500: '#9ea72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea72a;
$custom-light: #bec16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.32,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69886,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA72A

secondary

#716BC2

accent

#45E350

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA72A

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

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