#9EAB21#9EAB21

#9EAB21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.151 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAB21
RGB	rgb(158, 171, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 80.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -20.98, 62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 66.37, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0645 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.151 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9388, 36.5052, 6.9603)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAB21 #2E21AB

analogous

#AB7321 #9EAB21 #59AB21

triadic

#9EAB21 #219EAB #AB219E

tetradic

#9EAB21 #21AB73 #2E21AB #AB2159

square

#9EAB21 #21AB73 #2E21AB #AB2159

split-complementary

#9EAB21 #2159AB #7321AB

monochromatic

#3F440D #6F7817 #9EAB21 #C8D732 #D6E165

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9EAB21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#9EAB21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAB21

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAB21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAB21	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eab21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 171, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.151 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec36a',
    500: '#9eab21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eab21;
$custom-light: #bec36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eab21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.652,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70752,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAB21

secondary

#6B61C7

accent

#3DEB4E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAB21

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

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