#9EA923#9EA923
#9EA923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.148 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EA923 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 169, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 66%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 79%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 79.3%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.34, -19.90, 61.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.34, 65.02, 107.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.3% -0.0614 0.1349) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.3% 0.148 114.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5928, 35.7669, 6.9873) |
| Luminance | 0.3577 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.04
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.45
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.67
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.90
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.45
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EA923 #2E23A9
analogous
#A97123 #9EA923 #5BA923
triadic
#9EA923 #239EA9 #A9239E
tetradic
#9EA923 #23A971 #2E23A9 #A9235B
square
#9EA923 #23A971 #2E23A9 #A9235B
split-complementary
#9EA923 #235BA9 #7123A9
monochromatic
#3F440E #6F7619 #9EA923 #C8D534 #D6DF67
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.58
#9EA923 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.15
#9EA923 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EA923
8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EA923 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EA923 | 1.00 | 2.58 | 8.15 | 8.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A000
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A230
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99F91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ea923; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.148 114.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec26b',
500: '#9ea923',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ea923; $custom-light: #bec26b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ea923",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 169,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.925,
"s": 65.686,
"l": 40
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70303,
"c": 0.1482,
"h": 114.5
},
"luminance": 0.35766
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EA923
secondary
#6B63C5
accent
#3FE94D
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A