#9EA81B#9EA81B

#9EA81B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.151 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA81B
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -19.67, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 66.74, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0613 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.151 114)
XYZ	xyz(28.3019, 35.3541, 6.3698)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA81B #251BA8

analogous

#A86B1B #9EA81B #58A81B

triadic

#9EA81B #1B9EA8 #A81B9E

tetradic

#9EA81B #1BA86B #251BA8 #A81B58

square

#9EA81B #1BA86B #251BA8 #A81B58

split-complementary

#9EA81B #1B58A8 #6B1BA8

monochromatic

#3B3F0A #6C7313 #9EA81B #CFDC24 #DAE459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9EA81B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#9EA81B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA81B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA81B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA81B	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea81b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.151 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc167',
    500: '#9ea81b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea81b;
$custom-light: #bfc167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea81b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70038,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.35353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA81B

secondary

#5F57C8

accent

#39EF46

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA81B

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

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