#9EAD38#9EAD38

#9EAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.140 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD38
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -20.86, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 59.53, 110.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0622 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.14 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7586, 37.4422, 9.4000)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD38 #4738AD

analogous

#AD8138 #9EAD38 #64AD38

triadic

#9EAD38 #389EAD #AD389E

tetradic

#9EAD38 #38AD81 #4738AD #AD3864

square

#9EAD38 #38AD81 #4738AD #AD3864

split-complementary

#9EAD38 #3864AD #8138AD

monochromatic

#4A511A #747F29 #9EAD38 #BBC959 #CED887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9EAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#9EAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD38

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD38	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.140 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec575',
    500: '#9ead38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead38;
$custom-light: #bec575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD38

secondary

#877FC2

accent

#4DDB5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD38

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

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