#9EAE23#9EAE23

#9EAE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.154 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE23
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -22.40, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 67.03, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0683 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.154 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5408, 37.6630, 7.3033)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE23 #3323AE

analogous

#AE7823 #9EAE23 #59AE23

triadic

#9EAE23 #239EAE #AE239E

tetradic

#9EAE23 #23AE78 #3323AE #AE2359

square

#9EAE23 #23AE78 #3323AE #AE2359

split-complementary

#9EAE23 #2359AE #7823AE

monochromatic

#41480F #707B19 #9EAE23 #C4D737 #D3E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#9EAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE23

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE23	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.154 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec66b',
    500: '#9eae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae23;
$custom-light: #bec66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.906,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71452,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE23

secondary

#7166C7

accent

#3EE952

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE23

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

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