#9EAA21#9EAA21

#9EAA21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.150 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAA21
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -20.47, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 65.97, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0631 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.15 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7507, 36.1289, 6.8976)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAA21 #2D21AA

analogous

#AA7121 #9EAA21 #5AAA21

triadic

#9EAA21 #219EAA #AA219E

tetradic

#9EAA21 #21AA71 #2D21AA #AA215A

square

#9EAA21 #21AA71 #2D21AA #AA215A

split-complementary

#9EAA21 #215AAA #7121AA

monochromatic

#3F430D #6E7717 #9EAA21 #C9D731 #D6E164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9EAA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#9EAA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAA21

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAA21	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaa21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.150 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec36a',
    500: '#9eaa21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaa21;
$custom-light: #bec36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaa21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70523,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAA21

secondary

#6961C6

accent

#3DEA4D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAA21

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

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