#9EAA2A#9EAA2A
#9EAA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.146 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EAA2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 170, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 60%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 75%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 75.3%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.66, -20.11, 59.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.66, 63.26, 108.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.57% -0.0614 0.1321) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.57% 0.146 114.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8940, 36.1862, 7.6526) |
| Luminance | 0.3619 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.15
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.54
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.93
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.24
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.66
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 4.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EAA2A #362AAA
analogous
#AA762A #9EAA2A #5EAA2A
triadic
#9EAA2A #2A9EAA #AA2A9E
tetradic
#9EAA2A #2AAA76 #362AAA #AA2A5E
square
#9EAA2A #2AAA76 #362AAA #AA2A5E
split-complementary
#9EAA2A #2A5EAA #762AAA
monochromatic
#434812 #70791E #9EAA2A #C3D041 #D2DC72
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.55
#9EAA2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.24
#9EAA2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EAA2A
8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EAA2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EAA2A | 1.00 | 2.55 | 8.24 | 8.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A10C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A335
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9A092
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9eaa2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.146 114.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec36e',
500: '#9eaa2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9eaa2a; $custom-light: #bec36e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9eaa2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 170,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.625,
"s": 60.377,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70572,
"c": 0.14566,
"h": 114.9
},
"luminance": 0.36186
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EAA2A
secondary
#746CC3
accent
#44E453
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B