#9EAE2A#9EAE2A

#9EAE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.150 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE2A
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -22.11, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 64.93, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0669 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.15 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6553, 37.7088, 7.9063)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE2A #3A2AAE

analogous

#AE7C2A #9EAE2A #5CAE2A

triadic

#9EAE2A #2A9EAE #AE2A9E

tetradic

#9EAE2A #2AAE7C #3A2AAE #AE2A5C

square

#9EAE2A #2AAE7C #3A2AAE #AE2A5C

split-complementary

#9EAE2A #2A5CAE #7C2AAE

monochromatic

#444B12 #717D1E #9EAE2A #C0D243 #D1DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9EAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE2A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE2A	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.150 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec66e',
    500: '#9eae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae2a;
$custom-light: #bec66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7149,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE2A

secondary

#796FC5

accent

#44E457

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE2A

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

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