#9EAE36#9EAE36

#9EAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.143 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE36
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -21.48, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 60.74, 110.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0641 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.143 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9031, 37.8079, 9.2117)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE36 #4636AE

analogous

#AE8236 #9EAE36 #62AE36

triadic

#9EAE36 #369EAE #AE369E

tetradic

#9EAE36 #36AE82 #4636AE #AE3662

square

#9EAE36 #36AE82 #4636AE #AE3662

split-complementary

#9EAE36 #3662AE #8236AE

monochromatic

#495119 #747F28 #9EAE36 #BBCB56 #CED985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#9EAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE36

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE36	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.143 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec674',
    500: '#9eae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae36;
$custom-light: #bec674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71572,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE36

secondary

#867DC3

accent

#4CDC5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE36

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

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