#9EAB2C#9EAB2C

#9EAB2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.146 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAB2C
RGB	rgb(158, 171, 44)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -20.51, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 63.02, 109.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0624 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.146 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1189, 36.5773, 7.9085)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAB2C #392CAB

analogous

#AB792C #9EAB2C #5EAB2C

triadic

#9EAB2C #2C9EAB #AB2C9E

tetradic

#9EAB2C #2CAB79 #392CAB #AB2C5E

square

#9EAB2C #2CAB79 #392CAB #AB2C5E

split-complementary

#9EAB2C #2C5EAB #792CAB

monochromatic

#444A13 #717A1F #9EAB2C #C1CF45 #D1DC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9EAB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#9EAB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAB2C

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAB2C	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eab2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 171, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.146 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec36f',
    500: '#9eab2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eab2c;
$custom-light: #bec36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eab2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.142,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70813,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAB2C

secondary

#786FC3

accent

#46E256

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAB2C

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

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