#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
RGBrgb(158, 170, 55)
HSLhsl(66, 51%, 44%)
HSVhsv(66, 68%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(7.1%, 0%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.74, -19.41, 55.28)
CIE-LCHlch(66.74, 58.58, 109.35°)
OKLaboklab(70.66% -0.0583 0.1244)
OKLCHoklch(70.66% 0.137 115.1)
XYZxyz(29.1656, 36.2949, 9.0829)
Luminance0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##9EAA371.002.548.268.26
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2621.001.001.00
##0000008.2621.001.001.00

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

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#9EAA37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva