#9EAA2B#9EAA2B

#9EAA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.145 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAA2B
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -20.06, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 62.93, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0612 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.145 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9121, 36.1935, 7.7480)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAA2B #372BAA

analogous

#AA772B #9EAA2B #5FAA2B

triadic

#9EAA2B #2B9EAA #AA2B9E

tetradic

#9EAA2B #2BAA77 #372BAA #AA2B5F

square

#9EAA2B #2BAA77 #372BAA #AA2B5F

split-complementary

#9EAA2B #2B5FAA #772BAA

monochromatic

#434812 #71791F #9EAA2B #C2CF43 #D2DC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9EAA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#9EAA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAA2B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAA2B	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)

#B6A10F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaa2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.145 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec36e',
    500: '#9eaa2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaa2b;
$custom-light: #bec36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaa2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.669,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70578,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAA2B

secondary

#766EC3

accent

#45E354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAA2B

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

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