#9EAD36#9EAD36

#9EAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.142 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD36
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -20.98, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 60.30, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0627 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.142 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7107, 37.4230, 9.1475)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD36 #4536AD

analogous

#AD8136 #9EAD36 #63AD36

triadic

#9EAD36 #369EAD #AD369E

tetradic

#9EAD36 #36AD81 #4536AD #AD3663

square

#9EAD36 #36AD81 #4536AD #AD3663

split-complementary

#9EAD36 #3663AD #8136AD

monochromatic

#495019 #737E27 #9EAD36 #BCCA56 #CED985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9EAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#9EAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD36

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD36	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)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.142 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec574',
    500: '#9ead36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead36;
$custom-light: #bec574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.563,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71343,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD36

secondary

#857CC2

accent

#4CDC5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD36

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

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