#9EA951#9EA951

#9EA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.114 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA951
RGB	rgb(158, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 52.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -16.90, 43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 46.74, 111.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0485 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.114 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7742, 36.2395, 13.2094)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA951 #5C51A9

analogous

#A98851 #9EA951 #72A951

triadic

#9EA951 #519EA9 #A9519E

tetradic

#9EA951 #51A988 #5C51A9 #A95172

square

#9EA951 #51A988 #5C51A9 #A95172

split-complementary

#9EA951 #5172A9 #8851A9

monochromatic

#515629 #77803D #9EA951 #B6BF79 #CCD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9EA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#9EA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA951

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA951	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.114 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc284',
    500: '#9ea951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea951;
$custom-light: #bcc284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70708,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA951

secondary

#9B96C0

accent

#5DCB6A

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA951

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

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