#9EA940#9EA940

#9EA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA940
RGB	rgb(158, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -18.31, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 54.45, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0542 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.129 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2146, 36.0157, 10.2622)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA940 #4B40A9

analogous

#A97F40 #9EA940 #69A940

triadic

#9EA940 #409EA9 #A9409E

tetradic

#9EA940 #40A97F #4B40A9 #A94069

square

#9EA940 #40A97F #4B40A9 #A94069

split-complementary

#9EA940 #4069A9 #7F40A9

monochromatic

#4B501E #747D2F #9EA940 #BAC462 #CDD58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9EA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9EA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA940

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA940	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc27a',
    500: '#9ea940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea940;
$custom-light: #bdc27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70517,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA940

secondary

#8B85C0

accent

#53D561

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA940

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

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