#9EAC51#9EAC51

#9EAC51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAC51
RGB	rgb(158, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 52.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -18.43, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 48.24, 112.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0528 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.117 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3387, 37.3685, 13.3976)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAC51 #5F51AC

analogous

#AC8D51 #9EAC51 #71AC51

triadic

#9EAC51 #519EAC #AC519E

tetradic

#9EAC51 #51AC8D #5F51AC #AC5171

square

#9EAC51 #51AC8D #5F51AC #AC5171

split-complementary

#9EAC51 #5171AC #8D51AC

monochromatic

#52592A #78823D #9EAC51 #B5C07A #CCD4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9EAC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9EAC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAC51

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAC51	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc484',
    500: '#9eac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eac51;
$custom-light: #bcc484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71389,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAC51

secondary

#9E98C1

accent

#5CCC6D

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAC51

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

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