#9EA72E#9EA72E

#9EA72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.140 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA72E
RGB	rgb(158, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -18.39, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 60.66, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0563 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.14 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4132, 35.1044, 7.8633)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA72E #372EA7

analogous

#A7742E #9EA72E #62A72E

triadic

#9EA72E #2E9EA7 #A72E9E

tetradic

#9EA72E #2EA774 #372EA7 #A72E62

square

#9EA72E #2EA774 #372EA7 #A72E62

split-complementary

#9EA72E #2E62A7 #742EA7

monochromatic

#434714 #717721 #9EA72E #C2CC46 #D2D976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9EA72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#9EA72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA72E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA72E	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)

#B39F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.140 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec16f',
    500: '#9ea72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea72e;
$custom-light: #bec16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.463,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69912,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA72E

secondary

#7670C1

accent

#48E053

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA72E

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

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