#9EAE3E#9EAE3E

#9EAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.137 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE3E
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(69, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -20.97, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 57.59, 111.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0619 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.137 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1067, 37.8894, 10.2839)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE3E #4E3EAE

analogous

#AE863E #9EAE3E #66AE3E

triadic

#9EAE3E #3E9EAE #AE3E9E

tetradic

#9EAE3E #3EAE86 #4E3EAE #AE3E66

square

#9EAE3E #3EAE86 #4E3EAE #AE3E66

split-complementary

#9EAE3E #3E66AE #863EAE

monochromatic

#4C541E #75812E #9EAE3E #B9C762 #CDD78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9EAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE3E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE3E	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)

#B9A52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.137 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc679',
    500: '#9eae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae3e;
$custom-light: #bdc679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7164,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE3E

secondary

#8E86C2

accent

#51D764

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE3E

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

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