#9EAA37#9EAA37

#9EAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.137 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAA37
RGB	rgb(158, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -19.41, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 58.58, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0583 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.137 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1656, 36.2949, 9.0829)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAA37 #4337AA

analogous

#AA7D37 #9EAA37 #65AA37

triadic

#9EAA37 #379EAA #AA379E

tetradic

#9EAA37 #37AA7D #4337AA #AA3765

square

#9EAA37 #37AA7D #4337AA #AA3765

split-complementary

#9EAA37 #3765AA #7D37AA

monochromatic

#484E19 #737C28 #9EAA37 #BCC856 #CFD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9EAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#9EAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAA37

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAA37	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.137 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec374',
    500: '#9eaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaa37;
$custom-light: #bec374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70664,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAA37

secondary

#837CC1

accent

#4DDB5C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAA37

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

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