#9EAD2C#9EAD2C

#9EAD2C 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	#9EAD2C
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -21.52, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 63.86, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0651 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.148 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4995, 37.3385, 8.0354)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD2C #3B2CAD

analogous

#AD7C2C #9EAD2C #5DAD2C

triadic

#9EAD2C #2C9EAD #AD2C9E

tetradic

#9EAD2C #2CAD7C #3B2CAD #AD2C5D

square

#9EAD2C #2CAD7C #3B2CAD #AD2C5D

split-complementary

#9EAD2C #2C5DAD #7C2CAD

monochromatic

#454B13 #717C20 #9EAD2C #C0D046 #D1DC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9EAD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9EAD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD2C

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD2C	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)

#B9A410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.148 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec56f',
    500: '#9ead2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead2c;
$custom-light: #bec56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.977,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71272,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD2C

secondary

#7A71C4

accent

#45E357

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD2C

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

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