#9EAD2E#9EAD2E
#9EAD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.147 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EAD2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 173, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 58%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 73%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 73.4%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.54, -21.42, 59.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.54, 63.19, 109.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.29% -0.0647 0.1316) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.29% 0.147 116.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.5380, 37.3539, 8.2382) |
| Luminance | 0.3735 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.32
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.56
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.72
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.20
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.29
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EAD2E #3D2EAD
analogous
#AD7D2E #9EAD2E #5EAD2E
triadic
#9EAD2E #2E9EAD #AD2E9E
tetradic
#9EAD2E #2EAD7D #3D2EAD #AD2E5E
square
#9EAD2E #2EAD7D #3D2EAD #AD2E5E
split-complementary
#9EAD2E #2E5EAD #7D2EAD
monochromatic
#464C14 #727D21 #9EAD2E #BFCF49 #D0DC7A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.48
#9EAD2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.47
#9EAD2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EAD2E
8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EAD2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EAD2E | 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)
#B9A415
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A539
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A8A395
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ead2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.147 116.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec570',
500: '#9ead2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ead2e; $custom-light: #bec570; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ead2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 173,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.087,
"s": 57.991,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71285,
"c": 0.14668,
"h": 116.2
},
"luminance": 0.37353
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EAD2E
secondary
#7D73C4
accent
#47E159
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B