#9EAC2F#9EAC2F
#9EAC2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.145 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EAC2F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 172, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 57%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 73%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 72.7%, 32.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.26, -20.87, 58.82) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.26, 62.41, 109.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.06% -0.0631 0.1305) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.06% 0.145 115.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.3669, 36.9798, 8.2796) |
| Luminance | 0.3698 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.48
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.54
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.89
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.44
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.50
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EAC2F #3D2FAC
analogous
#AC7B2F #9EAC2F #5FAC2F
triadic
#9EAC2F #2F9EAC #AC2F9E
tetradic
#9EAC2F #2FAC7B #3D2FAC #AC2F5F
square
#9EAC2F #2FAC7B #3D2FAC #AC2F5F
split-complementary
#9EAC2F #2F5FAC #7B2FAC
monochromatic
#464C15 #727C22 #9EAC2F #BFCE4B #D0DB7B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.50
#9EAC2F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.40
#9EAC2F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EAC2F
8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EAC2F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EAC2F | 1.00 | 2.50 | 8.40 | 8.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A317
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A539
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A8A294
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9eac2f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 172, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.145 115.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec470',
500: '#9eac2f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9eac2f; $custom-light: #bec470; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9eac2f",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 172,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.72,
"s": 57.078,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71062,
"c": 0.14495,
"h": 115.8
},
"luminance": 0.36979
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EAC2F
secondary
#7D74C3
accent
#47E059
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B