#9EAE2D#9EAE2D

#9EAE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.148 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE2D
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -21.97, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 63.95, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0663 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.148 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7110, 37.7311, 8.1998)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE2D #3D2DAE

analogous

#AE7D2D #9EAE2D #5DAE2D

triadic

#9EAE2D #2D9EAE #AE2D9E

tetradic

#9EAE2D #2DAE7D #3D2DAE #AE2D5D

square

#9EAE2D #2DAE7D #3D2DAE #AE2D5D

split-complementary

#9EAE2D #2D5DAE #7D2DAE

monochromatic

#464D14 #727D20 #9EAE2D #BFD048 #D0DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9EAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE2D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE2D	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.148 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec670',
    500: '#9eae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae2d;
$custom-light: #bec670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.442,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71508,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE2D

secondary

#7D72C4

accent

#46E259

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE2D

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

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