#9EAC2D#9EAC2D
#9EAC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.146 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EAC2D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 172, 45) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 59%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 74%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 73.8%, 32.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.25, -20.97, 59.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.25, 63.10, 109.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.05% -0.0635 0.1316) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.05% 0.146 115.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.3275, 36.9641, 8.0719) |
| Luminance | 0.3696 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.37
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.39
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.76
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.39
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.46
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EAC2D #3B2DAC
analogous
#AC7A2D #9EAC2D #5FAC2D
triadic
#9EAC2D #2D9EAC #AC2D9E
tetradic
#9EAC2D #2DAC7A #3B2DAC #AC2D5F
square
#9EAC2D #2DAC7A #3B2DAC #AC2D5F
split-complementary
#9EAC2D #2D5FAC #7A2DAC
monochromatic
#454B14 #717B20 #9EAC2D #C0CF47 #D1DC78
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.50
#9EAC2D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.39
#9EAC2D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EAC2D
8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EAC2D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EAC2D | 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)
#B8A313
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A538
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A8A294
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9eac2d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 172, 45); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.146 115.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec46f',
500: '#9eac2d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9eac2d; $custom-light: #bec46f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9eac2d",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 172,
"b": 45
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.614,
"s": 58.525,
"l": 42.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71049,
"c": 0.14615,
"h": 115.8
},
"luminance": 0.36964
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EAC2D
secondary
#7A71C4
accent
#46E257
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B