#9EAC2A#9EAC2A

#9EAC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.148 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAC2A
RGB	rgb(158, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -21.11, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 64.09, 109.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0642 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.148 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2718, 36.9418, 7.7785)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAC2A #382AAC

analogous

#AC792A #9EAC2A #5DAC2A

triadic

#9EAC2A #2A9EAC #AC2A9E

tetradic

#9EAC2A #2AAC79 #382AAC #AC2A5D

square

#9EAC2A #2AAC79 #382AAC #AC2A5D

split-complementary

#9EAC2A #2A5DAC #792AAC

monochromatic

#444A12 #717B1E #9EAC2A #C2D142 #D2DD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9EAC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9EAC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAC2A

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAC2A	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A30A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.148 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec46e',
    500: '#9eac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eac2a;
$custom-light: #bec46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7103,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAC2A

secondary

#776DC4

accent

#44E455

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAC2A

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

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