#9EAC2C#9EAC2C

#9EAC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.147 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAC2C
RGB	rgb(158, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -21.02, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 63.44, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0638 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.147 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3085, 36.9565, 7.9717)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAC2C #3A2CAC

analogous

#AC7A2C #9EAC2C #5EAC2C

triadic

#9EAC2C #2C9EAC #AC2C9E

tetradic

#9EAC2C #2CAC7A #3A2CAC #AC2C5E

square

#9EAC2C #2CAC7A #3A2CAC #AC2C5E

split-complementary

#9EAC2C #2C5EAC #7A2CAC

monochromatic

#444B13 #717B20 #9EAC2C #C0D046 #D1DC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9EAC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9EAC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAC2C

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAC2C	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)

#B8A310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.147 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec46f',
    500: '#9eac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eac2c;
$custom-light: #bec46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.563,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71043,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAC2C

secondary

#7970C4

accent

#45E257

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAC2C

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

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