#9EA937#9EA937

#9EA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.136 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA937
RGB	rgb(158, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -18.91, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 58.14, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0568 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.136 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9788, 35.9214, 9.0206)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA937 #4237A9

analogous

#A97B37 #9EA937 #65A937

triadic

#9EA937 #379EA9 #A9379E

tetradic

#9EA937 #37A97B #4237A9 #A93765

square

#9EA937 #37A97B #4237A9 #A93765

split-complementary

#9EA937 #3765A9 #7B37A9

monochromatic

#484D19 #737B28 #9EA937 #BDC855 #CFD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9EA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#9EA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA937

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA937	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.136 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec274',
    500: '#9ea937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea937;
$custom-light: #bec274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.789,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70436,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA937

secondary

#827BC0

accent

#4DDA5B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA937

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

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