#9EAD2B#9EAD2B

#9EAD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.148 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD2B
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -21.56, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 64.19, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0654 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.148 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4809, 37.3311, 7.9376)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD2B #3A2BAD

analogous

#AD7B2B #9EAD2B #5DAD2B

triadic

#9EAD2B #2B9EAD #AD2B9E

tetradic

#9EAD2B #2BAD7B #3A2BAD #AD2B5D

square

#9EAD2B #2BAD7B #3A2BAD #AD2B5D

split-complementary

#9EAD2B #2B5DAD #7B2BAD

monochromatic

#444B13 #717C1F #9EAD2B #C0D145 #D1DD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9EAD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9EAD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD2B

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD2B	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)

#B9A40D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.148 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec56f',
    500: '#9ead2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead2b;
$custom-light: #bec56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71266,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD2B

secondary

#796FC4

accent

#44E357

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD2B

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

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