#9EAE4A#9EAE4A

#9EAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE4A
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(70, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -20.06, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 52.44, 112.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0581 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.127 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4731, 38.0359, 12.2136)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE4A #5A4AAE

analogous

#AE8C4A #9EAE4A #6CAE4A

triadic

#9EAE4A #4A9EAE #AE4A9E

tetradic

#9EAE4A #4AAE8C #5A4AAE #AE4A6C

square

#9EAE4A #4AAE8C #5A4AAE #AE4A6C

split-complementary

#9EAE4A #4A6CAE #8C4AAE

monochromatic

#505825 #778338 #9EAE4A #B6C372 #CCD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9EAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#9EAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE4A

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE4A	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc680',
    500: '#9eae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae4a;
$custom-light: #bdc680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71761,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE4A

secondary

#9A92C2

accent

#58D06B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE4A

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

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