#9EAD2A#9EAD2A

#9EAD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.149 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD2A
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -21.61, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 64.51, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0656 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.149 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4628, 37.3238, 7.8422)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD2A #392AAD

analogous

#AD7A2A #9EAD2A #5DAD2A

triadic

#9EAD2A #2A9EAD #AD2A9E

tetradic

#9EAD2A #2AAD7A #392AAD #AD2A5D

square

#9EAD2A #2AAD7A #392AAD #AD2A5D

split-complementary

#9EAD2A #2A5DAD #7A2AAD

monochromatic

#444B12 #717C1E #9EAD2A #C1D143 #D1DD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9EAD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#9EAD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD2A

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD2A	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A40A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.149 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec56e',
    500: '#9ead2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead2a;
$custom-light: #bec56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.87,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7126,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD2A

secondary

#786EC5

accent

#44E456

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD2A

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

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