#9EAE32#9EAE32

#9EAE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.145 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE32
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -21.71, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 62.22, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0651 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.145 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8130, 37.7719, 8.7372)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE32 #4232AE

analogous

#AE8032 #9EAE32 #60AE32

triadic

#9EAE32 #329EAE #AE329E

tetradic

#9EAE32 #32AE80 #4232AE #AE3260

square

#9EAE32 #32AE80 #4232AE #AE3260

split-complementary

#9EAE32 #3260AE #8032AE

monochromatic

#484F17 #737E24 #9EAE32 #BDCD50 #CFDA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9EAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE32

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE32	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#BAA51C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.145 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec672',
    500: '#9eae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae32;
$custom-light: #bec672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71542,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE32

secondary

#8278C4

accent

#49DF5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE32

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

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