#9EAC2E#9EAC2E
#9EAC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.146 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EAC2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 172, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 58%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 73%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 73.3%, 32.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.26, -20.92, 59.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.26, 62.76, 109.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.06% -0.0633 0.1311) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.06% 0.146 115.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.3470, 36.9719, 8.1745) |
| Luminance | 0.3697 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.43
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.45
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.83
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.41
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.48
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EAC2E #3C2EAC
analogous
#AC7B2E #9EAC2E #5FAC2E
triadic
#9EAC2E #2E9EAC #AC2E9E
tetradic
#9EAC2E #2EAC7B #3C2EAC #AC2E5F
square
#9EAC2E #2EAC7B #3C2EAC #AC2E5F
split-complementary
#9EAC2E #2E5FAC #7B2EAC
monochromatic
#454B14 #727C21 #9EAC2E #BFCE49 #D0DB79
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.50
#9EAC2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.39
#9EAC2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EAC2E
8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EAC2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EAC2E | 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)
#B8A315
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A538
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A8A294
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9eac2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 172, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.146 115.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec470',
500: '#9eac2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9eac2e; $custom-light: #bec470; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9eac2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 172,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.667,
"s": 57.798,
"l": 42.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71056,
"c": 0.14556,
"h": 115.8
},
"luminance": 0.36971
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EAC2E
secondary
#7B72C3
accent
#47E158
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B