#9EAD31#9EAD31
#9EAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.145 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EAD31 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 173, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 56%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 72%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 71.7%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.56, -21.26, 58.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.56, 62.14, 110.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.31% -0.064 0.1299) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.31% 0.145 116.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.5992, 37.3784, 8.5606) |
| Luminance | 0.3738 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.60
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.70
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.93
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.17
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.28
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EAD31 #4031AD
analogous
#AD7E31 #9EAD31 #60AD31
triadic
#9EAD31 #319EAD #AD319E
tetradic
#9EAD31 #31AD7E #4031AD #AD3160
square
#9EAD31 #31AD7E #4031AD #AD3160
split-complementary
#9EAD31 #3160AD #7E31AD
monochromatic
#474E16 #727D23 #9EAD31 #BECD4E #CFDA7E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.48
#9EAD31 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.48
#9EAD31 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EAD31
8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EAD31 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EAD31 | 1.00 | 2.48 | 8.48 | 8.48 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A41B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A53B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A8A395
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ead31; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 49); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.145 116.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec572',
500: '#9ead31',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ead31; $custom-light: #bec572; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ead31",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 173,
"b": 49
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.258,
"s": 55.856,
"l": 43.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71306,
"c": 0.14483,
"h": 116.2
},
"luminance": 0.37378
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EAD31
secondary
#8077C3
accent
#49DF5B
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B