#9EA81E#9EA81E
#9EA81E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.149 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA81E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 168, 30) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 70%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 82%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 82.1%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.03, -19.57, 63.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.03, 65.99, 107.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.05% -0.0609 0.1364) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.05% 0.149 114) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3384, 35.3687, 6.5621) |
| Luminance | 0.3537 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.12
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.24
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.60
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.01
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.07
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA81E #281EA8
analogous
#A86D1E #9EA81E #59A81E
triadic
#9EA81E #1E9EA8 #A81E9E
tetradic
#9EA81E #1EA86D #281EA8 #A81E59
square
#9EA81E #1EA86D #281EA8 #A81E59
split-complementary
#9EA81E #1E59A8 #6D1EA8
monochromatic
#3C400B #6D7415 #9EA81E #CCD92A #D9E25E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.60
#9EA81E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.07
#9EA81E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA81E
8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA81E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA81E | 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)
#B5A22C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea81e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 30); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.149 114.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec168',
500: '#9ea81e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea81e; $custom-light: #bec168; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea81e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 168,
"b": 30
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.348,
"s": 69.697,
"l": 38.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70051,
"c": 0.14938,
"h": 114
},
"luminance": 0.35368
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA81E
secondary
#635BC7
accent
#3BED48
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131207
muted
#82817A