#9EAE31#9EAE31

#9EAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.146 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE31
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -21.76, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 62.57, 110.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0654 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.146 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7917, 37.7633, 8.6248)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE31 #4131AE

analogous

#AE7F31 #9EAE31 #5FAE31

triadic

#9EAE31 #319EAE #AE319E

tetradic

#9EAE31 #31AE7F #4131AE #AE315F

square

#9EAE31 #31AE7F #4131AE #AE315F

split-complementary

#9EAE31 #315FAE #7F31AE

monochromatic

#474E16 #737E24 #9EAE31 #BDCD4F #CFDB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9EAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9EAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE31

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE31	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)

#BAA51A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.146 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec672',
    500: '#9eae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae31;
$custom-light: #bec672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.68,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71535,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE31

secondary

#8177C4

accent

#48DF5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE31

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

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