#9EAE3C#9EAE3C

#9EAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.138 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE3C
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 65.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -21.11, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 58.41, 111.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0625 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.138 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0528, 37.8678, 10.0001)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE3C #4C3CAE

analogous

#AE853C #9EAE3C #65AE3C

triadic

#9EAE3C #3C9EAE #AE3C9E

tetradic

#9EAE3C #3CAE85 #4C3CAE #AE3C65

square

#9EAE3C #3CAE85 #4C3CAE #AE3C65

split-complementary

#9EAE3C #3C65AE #853CAE

monochromatic

#4B531D #75802C #9EAE3C #B9C85F #CDD88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9EAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE3C

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE3C	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)

#BAA52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.138 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc678',
    500: '#9eae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae3c;
$custom-light: #bdc678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.421,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71622,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE3C

secondary

#8C83C2

accent

#50D863

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE3C

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

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