#9EA837#9EA837

#9EA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.135 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA837
RGB	rgb(158, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -18.40, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 57.70, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0554 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.135 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7935, 35.5507, 8.9589)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA837 #4137A8

analogous

#A87937 #9EA837 #65A837

triadic

#9EA837 #379EA8 #A8379E

tetradic

#9EA837 #37A879 #4137A8 #A83765

square

#9EA837 #37A879 #4137A8 #A83765

split-complementary

#9EA837 #3765A8 #7937A8

monochromatic

#474C19 #737A28 #9EA837 #BDC755 #CFD683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9EA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#9EA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA837

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA837	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.135 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec174',
    500: '#9ea837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea837;
$custom-light: #bec174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.31,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70208,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA837

secondary

#817BC0

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA837

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

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