#9EAE2E#9EAE2E

#9EAE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.148 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE2E
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -21.92, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 63.62, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0661 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.148 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7305, 37.7389, 8.3024)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE2E #3E2EAE

analogous

#AE7E2E #9EAE2E #5EAE2E

triadic

#9EAE2E #2E9EAE #AE2E9E

tetradic

#9EAE2E #2EAE7E #3E2EAE #AE2E5E

square

#9EAE2E #2EAE7E #3E2EAE #AE2E5E

split-complementary

#9EAE2E #2E5EAE #7E2EAE

monochromatic

#464D14 #727E21 #9EAE2E #BFCF4A #D0DC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EAE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9EAE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE2E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE2E	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)

#BAA514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.148 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec670',
    500: '#9eae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae2e;
$custom-light: #bec670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE2E

secondary

#7E74C4

accent

#46E15A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE2E

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

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