#9EAE4C#9EAE4C

#9EAE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.125 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE4C
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(70, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 56.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -19.89, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 51.54, 112.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0574 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.125 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5416, 38.0633, 12.5741)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE4C #5C4CAE

analogous

#AE8D4C #9EAE4C #6DAE4C

triadic

#9EAE4C #4C9EAE #AE4C9E

tetradic

#9EAE4C #4CAE8D #5C4CAE #AE4C6D

square

#9EAE4C #4CAE8D #5C4CAE #AE4C6D

split-complementary

#9EAE4C #4C6DAE #8D4CAE

monochromatic

#515927 #778339 #9EAE4C #B6C375 #CCD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9EAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#9EAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE4C

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE4C	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)

#B9A642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.125 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc681',
    500: '#9eae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae4c;
$custom-light: #bdc681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71784,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE4C

secondary

#9B94C2

accent

#59CF6C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE4C

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

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