#9EA833#9EA833
#9EA833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.138 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA833 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 168, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 53%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 70%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 69.6%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.15, -18.63, 56.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.15, 59.25, 108.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.18% -0.0565 0.1258) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.18% 0.138 114.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.7015, 35.5139, 8.4742) |
| Luminance | 0.3551 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.65
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.41
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.65
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.88
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 4.30
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA833 #3D33A8
analogous
#A87733 #9EA833 #63A833
triadic
#9EA833 #339EA8 #A8339E
tetradic
#9EA833 #33A877 #3D33A8 #A83363
square
#9EA833 #33A877 #3D33A8 #A83363
split-complementary
#9EA833 #3363A8 #7733A8
monochromatic
#464A16 #727925 #9EA833 #BFC94F #D0D87E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.59
#9EA833 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.10
#9EA833 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA833
8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA833 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA833 | 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)
#B4A020
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A23C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A89E91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea833; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.138 114.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec172',
500: '#9ea833',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea833; $custom-light: #bec172; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea833",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 168,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.128,
"s": 53.425,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70176,
"c": 0.13785,
"h": 114.2
},
"luminance": 0.35513
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA833
secondary
#7D76C1
accent
#4BDD57
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B