#9EA73E#9EA73E
#9EA73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA73E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 167, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 46%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 63%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 62.9%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.95, -17.43, 51.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.95, 54.39, 108.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.04% -0.052 0.1175) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.04% 0.128 113.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.7895, 35.2549, 9.8448) |
| Luminance | 0.3525 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.71
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.38
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.92
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.94
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 5.04
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 5.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA73E #473EA7
analogous
#A77C3E #9EA73E #69A73E
triadic
#9EA73E #3E9EA7 #A73E9E
tetradic
#9EA73E #3EA77C #473EA7 #A73E69
square
#9EA73E #3EA77C #473EA7 #A73E69
split-complementary
#9EA73E #3E69A7 #7C3EA7
monochromatic
#4A4E1D #747A2D #9EA73E #BBC35F #CED48B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.61
#9EA73E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.05
#9EA73E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA73E
8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA73E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA73E | 1.00 | 2.61 | 8.05 | 8.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A145
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A89E91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea73e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 167, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 113.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc178',
500: '#9ea73e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea73e; $custom-light: #bdc178; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea73e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 167,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.143,
"s": 45.852,
"l": 44.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70043,
"c": 0.12849,
"h": 113.9
},
"luminance": 0.35254
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA73E
secondary
#8782BF
accent
#52D65E
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F7EE
border
#D0D0C9
text
#121209
muted
#81817B