#9EAE42#9EAE42

#9EAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.134 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE42
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -20.69, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 55.93, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0607 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.134 117)
XYZ	xyz(30.2205, 37.9349, 10.8833)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE42 #5242AE

analogous

#AE8842 #9EAE42 #68AE42

triadic

#9EAE42 #429EAE #AE429E

tetradic

#9EAE42 #42AE88 #5242AE #AE4268

square

#9EAE42 #42AE88 #5242AE #AE4268

split-complementary

#9EAE42 #4268AE #8842AE

monochromatic

#4D5520 #768231 #9EAE42 #B8C668 #CDD694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#9EAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE42

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE42	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.134 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc67b',
    500: '#9eae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae42;
$custom-light: #bdc67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71677,
    "c": 0.13359,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.37935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE42

secondary

#928AC2

accent

#53D566

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE42

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

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