#9EAE3D#9EAE3D

#9EAE3D 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 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE3D
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -21.04, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 58.00, 111.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0622 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.138 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0795, 37.8785, 10.1407)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE3D #4D3DAE

analogous

#AE853D #9EAE3D #65AE3D

triadic

#9EAE3D #3D9EAE #AE3D9E

tetradic

#9EAE3D #3DAE85 #4D3DAE #AE3D65

square

#9EAE3D #3DAE85 #4D3DAE #AE3D65

split-complementary

#9EAE3D #3D65AE #853DAE

monochromatic

#4C531D #75812D #9EAE3D #B9C861 #CDD78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9EAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE3D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE3D	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.138 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc678',
    500: '#9eae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae3d;
$custom-light: #bdc678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.496,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71631,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE3D

secondary

#8D85C2

accent

#50D863

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE3D

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

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