#9EAE3A#9EAE3A

#9EAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.140 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE3A
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 66.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -21.24, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 59.20, 111.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.063 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.14 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0010, 37.8471, 9.7269)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE3A #4A3AAE

analogous

#AE843A #9EAE3A #64AE3A

triadic

#9EAE3A #3A9EAE #AE3A9E

tetradic

#9EAE3A #3AAE84 #4A3AAE #AE3A64

square

#9EAE3A #3AAE84 #4A3AAE #AE3A64

split-complementary

#9EAE3A #3A64AE #843AAE

monochromatic

#4B521B #74802B #9EAE3A #BAC95C #CDD88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9EAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE3A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE3A	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)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.140 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc677',
    500: '#9eae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae3a;
$custom-light: #bdc677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71605,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE3A

secondary

#8A81C2

accent

#4EDA61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE3A

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

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