#9EAA1B#9EAA1B

#9EAA1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.153 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAA1B
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -20.67, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 67.51, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0641 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.153 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6740, 36.0982, 6.4938)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAA1B #271BAA

analogous

#AA6E1B #9EAA1B #56AA1B

triadic

#9EAA1B #1B9EAA #AA1B9E

tetradic

#9EAA1B #1BAA6E #271BAA #AA1B56

square

#9EAA1B #1BAA6E #271BAA #AA1B56

split-complementary

#9EAA1B #1B56AA #6E1BAA

monochromatic

#3C400A #6D7513 #9EAA1B #CDDC26 #D9E55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9EAA1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9EAA1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAA1B

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAA1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAA1B	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaa1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.153 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc368',
    500: '#9eaa1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaa1b;
$custom-light: #bfc368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaa1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.15269,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAA1B

secondary

#6258C9

accent

#39EF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAA1B

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

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