#9EAD1E#9EAD1E

#9EAD1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.155 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD1E
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 30)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 82.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -22.08, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 67.95, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0678 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.155 116)
XYZ	xyz(29.2793, 37.2504, 6.8757)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD1E #2D1EAD

analogous

#AD751E #9EAD1E #56AD1E

triadic

#9EAD1E #1E9EAD #AD1E9E

tetradic

#9EAD1E #1EAD75 #2D1EAD #AD1E56

square

#9EAD1E #1EAD75 #2D1EAD #AD1E56

split-complementary

#9EAD1E #1E56AD #751EAD

monochromatic

#3F450C #6E7915 #9EAD1E #C9DB2E #D6E462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9EAD1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#9EAD1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD1E

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD1E	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.155 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc569',
    500: '#9ead1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead1e;
$custom-light: #bfc569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.294,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71198,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.3725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD1E

secondary

#695EC8

accent

#3BED4D

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD1E

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

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