#9EAC3E#9EAC3E

#9EAC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.134 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAC3E
RGB	rgb(158, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 64%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -19.97, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 56.67, 110.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0591 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.134 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7232, 37.1223, 10.1560)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAC3E #4C3EAC

analogous

#AC833E #9EAC3E #67AC3E

triadic

#9EAC3E #3E9EAC #AC3E9E

tetradic

#9EAC3E #3EAC83 #4C3EAC #AC3E67

square

#9EAC3E #3EAC83 #4C3EAC #AC3E67

split-complementary

#9EAC3E #3E67AC #833EAC

monochromatic

#4B521E #757F2E #9EAC3E #B9C661 #CDD68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9EAC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#9EAC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAC3E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAC3E	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.134 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc479',
    500: '#9eac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eac3e;
$custom-light: #bdc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.636,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71182,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAC3E

secondary

#8C85C1

accent

#51D762

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAC3E

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

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