#9EAE3B#9EAE3B

#9EAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.139 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE3B
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -21.17, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 58.81, 111.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0628 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.139 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0267, 37.8573, 9.8622)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE3B #4B3BAE

analogous

#AE843B #9EAE3B #64AE3B

triadic

#9EAE3B #3B9EAE #AE3B9E

tetradic

#9EAE3B #3BAE84 #4B3BAE #AE3B64

square

#9EAE3B #3BAE84 #4B3BAE #AE3B64

split-complementary

#9EAE3B #3B64AE #843BAE

monochromatic

#4B531C #74802C #9EAE3B #BAC85E #CDD88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9EAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE3B

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE3B	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)

#BAA52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.139 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc677',
    500: '#9eae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae3b;
$custom-light: #bdc677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.348,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71613,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE3B

secondary

#8B82C2

accent

#4FD962

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE3B

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

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