#9EAD42#9EAD42

#9EAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.132 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAD42
RGB	rgb(158, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -20.18, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 55.46, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0593 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.132 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0281, 37.5499, 10.8192)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAD42 #5142AD

analogous

#AD8742 #9EAD42 #69AD42

triadic

#9EAD42 #429EAD #AD429E

tetradic

#9EAD42 #42AD87 #5142AD #AD4269

square

#9EAD42 #42AD87 #5142AD #AD4269

split-complementary

#9EAD42 #4269AD #8742AD

monochromatic

#4D5420 #768131 #9EAD42 #B8C567 #CDD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9EAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9EAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAD42

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAD42	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)

#B8A435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ead42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.132 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc57b',
    500: '#9ead42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ead42;
$custom-light: #bdc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ead42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.411,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71449,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAD42

secondary

#9189C1

accent

#53D465

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12120A

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAD42

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

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