#9EA83B#9EA83B
#9EA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.132 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA83B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 168, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 48%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 65%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 64.9%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.21, -18.14, 53.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.21, 56.09, 108.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.24% -0.0543 0.1204) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.24% 0.132 114.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8933, 35.5906, 9.4844) |
| Luminance | 0.3559 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.31
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.17
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.39
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.54
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.58
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 4.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA83B #453BA8
analogous
#A87C3B #9EA83B #67A83B
triadic
#9EA83B #3B9EA8 #A83B9E
tetradic
#9EA83B #3BA87C #453BA8 #A83B67
square
#9EA83B #3BA87C #453BA8 #A83B67
split-complementary
#9EA83B #3B67A8 #7C3BA8
monochromatic
#494D1B #737B2B #9EA83B #BCC55B #CED588
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.59
#9EA83B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.12
#9EA83B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA83B
8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA83B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA83B | 1.00 | 2.59 | 8.12 | 8.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A02D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A242
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A89E92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea83b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 168, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.132 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc177',
500: '#9ea83b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea83b; $custom-light: #bdc177; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea83b",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 168,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.505,
"s": 48.018,
"l": 44.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70242,
"c": 0.13203,
"h": 114.3
},
"luminance": 0.3559
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA83B
secondary
#857FC0
accent
#50D85D
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B