#9EAE4B#9EAE4B

#9EAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.126 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE4B
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(70, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 56.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -19.98, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 51.99, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0578 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.126 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5071, 38.0495, 12.3924)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE4B #5B4BAE

analogous

#AE8D4B #9EAE4B #6DAE4B

triadic

#9EAE4B #4B9EAE #AE4B9E

tetradic

#9EAE4B #4BAE8D #5B4BAE #AE4B6D

square

#9EAE4B #4BAE8D #5B4BAE #AE4B6D

split-complementary

#9EAE4B #4B6DAE #8D4BAE

monochromatic

#505826 #778339 #9EAE4B #B6C373 #CCD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9EAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#9EAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE4B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE4B	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)

#B9A641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.126 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc681',
    500: '#9eae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae4b;
$custom-light: #bdc681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.697,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71772,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE4B

secondary

#9A93C2

accent

#58D06B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE4B

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

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