#9EAD3A#9EAD3A

#9EAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.139 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD3A
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -20.73, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 58.75, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0616 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.139 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8085, 37.4621, 9.6628)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD3A #493AAD

analogous

#AD823A #9EAD3A #64AD3A

triadic

#9EAD3A #3A9EAD #AD3A9E

tetradic

#9EAD3A #3AAD82 #493AAD #AD3A64

square

#9EAD3A #3AAD82 #493AAD #AD3A64

split-complementary

#9EAD3A #3A64AD #823AAD

monochromatic

#4A511B #747F2B #9EAD3A #BAC85C #CED88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9EAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#9EAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD3A

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD3A	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)

#B9A42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.139 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc576',
    500: '#9ead3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead3a;
$custom-light: #bdc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71376,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD3A

secondary

#8981C2

accent

#4ED961

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD3A

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

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