#9EA831#9EA831
#9EA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.139 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA831 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 168, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 55%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 71%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 70.8%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.13, -18.74, 56.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.13, 59.99, 108.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.16% -0.057 0.127) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.16% 0.139 114.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6584, 35.4967, 8.2470) |
| Luminance | 0.3550 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.52
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.24
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.50
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.74
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.20
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 4.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA831 #3B31A8
analogous
#A87631 #9EA831 #62A831
triadic
#9EA831 #319EA8 #A8319E
tetradic
#9EA831 #31A876 #3B31A8 #A83162
square
#9EA831 #31A876 #3B31A8 #A83162
split-complementary
#9EA831 #3162A8 #7631A8
monochromatic
#454915 #717923 #9EA831 #C0CB4C #D1D87B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.59
#9EA831 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.10
#9EA831 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA831
8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA831 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA831 | 1.00 | 2.59 | 8.10 | 8.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A01D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A23A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A89E91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea831; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 49); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.139 114.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec171',
500: '#9ea831',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea831; $custom-light: #bec171; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea831",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 168,
"b": 49
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.042,
"s": 54.839,
"l": 42.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70161,
"c": 0.13918,
"h": 114.2
},
"luminance": 0.35496
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA831
secondary
#7A74C1
accent
#4ADE56
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B