#9EAE49#9EAE49

#9EAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE49
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -20.14, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 52.89, 112.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0585 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.128 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4397, 38.0225, 12.0376)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE49 #5949AE

analogous

#AE8B49 #9EAE49 #6BAE49

triadic

#9EAE49 #499EAE #AE499E

tetradic

#9EAE49 #49AE8B #5949AE #AE496B

square

#9EAE49 #49AE8B #5949AE #AE496B

split-complementary

#9EAE49 #496BAE #8B49AE

monochromatic

#505825 #778337 #9EAE49 #B6C371 #CCD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9EAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#9EAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE49

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE49	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc67f',
    500: '#9eae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae49;
$custom-light: #bdc67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.505,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7175,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE49

secondary

#9991C2

accent

#57D16A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE49

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

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