#9EAD40#9EAD40

#9EAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.134 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD40
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -20.33, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 56.30, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0599 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.134 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9701, 37.5268, 10.5141)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD40 #4F40AD

analogous

#AD8640 #9EAD40 #68AD40

triadic

#9EAD40 #409EAD #AD409E

tetradic

#9EAD40 #40AD86 #4F40AD #AD4068

square

#9EAD40 #40AD86 #4F40AD #AD4068

split-complementary

#9EAD40 #4068AD #8640AD

monochromatic

#4C541F #75802F #9EAD40 #B8C664 #CDD691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9EAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9EAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD40

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD40	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.134 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc57a',
    500: '#9ead40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead40;
$custom-light: #bdc57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.257,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71429,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD40

secondary

#8F87C2

accent

#52D664

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD40

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

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