#9EAD3C#9EAD3C

#9EAD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.137 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD3C
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -20.60, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 57.95, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0611 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.137 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8604, 37.4829, 9.9360)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD3C #4B3CAD

analogous

#AD843C #9EAD3C #65AD3C

triadic

#9EAD3C #3C9EAD #AD3C9E

tetradic

#9EAD3C #3CAD84 #4B3CAD #AD3C65

square

#9EAD3C #3CAD84 #4B3CAD #AD3C65

split-complementary

#9EAD3C #3C65AD #843CAD

monochromatic

#4B521C #74802C #9EAD3C #BAC75F #CDD78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9EAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#9EAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD3C

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD3C	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.137 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc578',
    500: '#9ead3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead3c;
$custom-light: #bdc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.965,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71393,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD3C

secondary

#8B83C2

accent

#50D862

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD3C

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

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