#9EAE37#9EAE37

#9EAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.142 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE37
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -21.42, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 60.37, 110.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0639 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.142 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9269, 37.8174, 9.3366)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE37 #4737AE

analogous

#AE8237 #9EAE37 #63AE37

triadic

#9EAE37 #379EAE #AE379E

tetradic

#9EAE37 #37AE82 #4737AE #AE3763

square

#9EAE37 #37AE82 #4737AE #AE3763

split-complementary

#9EAE37 #3763AE #8237AE

monochromatic

#4A511A #747F28 #9EAE37 #BBCA58 #CED986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#9EAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE37

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE37	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)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.142 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec675',
    500: '#9eae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae37;
$custom-light: #bec675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.067,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE37

secondary

#877EC3

accent

#4CDB60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE37

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

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