#9EA72B#9EA72B
#9EA72B 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 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA72B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 167, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 59%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 74%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 74.3%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.81, -18.54, 58.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.81, 61.70, 107.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.89% -0.057 0.1298) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.89% 0.142 113.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3562, 35.0815, 7.5627) |
| Luminance | 0.3508 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.34
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.60
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.37
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.58
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.67
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 4.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA72B #342BA7
analogous
#A7722B #9EA72B #60A72B
triadic
#9EA72B #2B9EA7 #A72B9E
tetradic
#9EA72B #2BA772 #342BA7 #A72B60
square
#9EA72B #2BA772 #342BA7 #A72B60
split-complementary
#9EA72B #2B60A7 #722BA7
monochromatic
#424612 #70761E #9EA72B #C4CE41 #D3DB72
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.62
#9EA72B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.02
#9EA72B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA72B
8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA72B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA72B | 1.00 | 2.62 | 8.02 | 8.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B49F11
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A135
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99D8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea72b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 167, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.142 113.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec16e',
500: '#9ea72b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea72b; $custom-light: #bec16e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea72b",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 167,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.355,
"s": 59.048,
"l": 41.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69892,
"c": 0.14179,
"h": 113.7
},
"luminance": 0.35081
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA72B
secondary
#726CC2
accent
#46E251
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B