#9EA82E#9EA82E
#9EA82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.141 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA82E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 168, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 57%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 73%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 72.6%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.11, -18.90, 58.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.11, 61.07, 108.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.14% -0.0577 0.1288) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.14% 0.141 114.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5971, 35.4722, 7.9246) |
| Luminance | 0.3547 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.36
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.01
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.28
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.57
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.96
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 4.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA82E #382EA8
analogous
#A8752E #9EA82E #61A82E
triadic
#9EA82E #2E9EA8 #A82E9E
tetradic
#9EA82E #2EA875 #382EA8 #A82E61
square
#9EA82E #2EA875 #382EA8 #A82E61
split-complementary
#9EA82E #2E61A8 #752EA8
monochromatic
#444814 #717821 #9EA82E #C2CD47 #D2DA77
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.59
#9EA82E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.09
#9EA82E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA82E
8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA82E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA82E | 1.00 | 2.59 | 8.09 | 8.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A017
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A238
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99E90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea82e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.141 114.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec16f',
500: '#9ea82e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea82e; $custom-light: #bec16f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea82e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 168,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.918,
"s": 57.009,
"l": 41.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7014,
"c": 0.14109,
"h": 114.1
},
"luminance": 0.35472
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA82E
secondary
#7770C2
accent
#48E054
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B