#9EAE2C#9EAE2C

#9EAE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.149 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE2C
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -22.01, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 64.28, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0665 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.149 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6920, 37.7235, 8.0996)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE2C #3C2CAE

analogous

#AE7D2C #9EAE2C #5DAE2C

triadic

#9EAE2C #2C9EAE #AE2C9E

tetradic

#9EAE2C #2CAE7D #3C2CAE #AE2C5D

square

#9EAE2C #2CAE7D #3C2CAE #AE2C5D

split-complementary

#9EAE2C #2C5DAE #7D2CAE

monochromatic

#454C13 #727D20 #9EAE2C #BFD047 #D0DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EAE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#9EAE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE2C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE2C	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)

#BAA50F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.149 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec66f',
    500: '#9eae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae2c;
$custom-light: #bec66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.385,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71502,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE2C

secondary

#7B71C5

accent

#45E358

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE2C

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

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