#9EAE39#9EAE39

#9EAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.141 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE39
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -21.30, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 59.59, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0633 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.141 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9758, 37.8370, 9.5943)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE39 #4939AE

analogous

#AE8339 #9EAE39 #64AE39

triadic

#9EAE39 #399EAE #AE399E

tetradic

#9EAE39 #39AE83 #4939AE #AE3964

square

#9EAE39 #39AE83 #4939AE #AE3964

split-complementary

#9EAE39 #3964AE #8339AE

monochromatic

#4A521B #74802A #9EAE39 #BAC95B #CED889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9EAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE39

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE39	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.141 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec676',
    500: '#9eae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae39;
$custom-light: #bec676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.205,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71596,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE39

secondary

#8980C3

accent

#4EDA61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE39

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

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