#9EAD37#9EAD37

#9EAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.141 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD37
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -20.92, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 59.92, 110.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0625 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.141 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7344, 37.4325, 9.2725)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD37 #4637AD

analogous

#AD8137 #9EAD37 #63AD37

triadic

#9EAD37 #379EAD #AD379E

tetradic

#9EAD37 #37AD81 #4637AD #AD3763

square

#9EAD37 #37AD81 #4637AD #AD3763

split-complementary

#9EAD37 #3763AD #8137AD

monochromatic

#495019 #747F28 #9EAD37 #BBCA57 #CED886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9EAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#9EAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD37

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD37	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.141 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec575',
    500: '#9ead37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead37;
$custom-light: #bec575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.627,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71351,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD37

secondary

#867DC2

accent

#4DDB5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD37

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

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