#9EAE4D#9EAE4D

#9EAE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.124 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE4D
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(70, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -19.80, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 51.09, 112.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0571 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.124 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5766, 38.0773, 12.7586)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE4D #5D4DAE

analogous

#AE8E4D #9EAE4D #6EAE4D

triadic

#9EAE4D #4D9EAE #AE4D9E

tetradic

#9EAE4D #4DAE8E #5D4DAE #AE4D6E

square

#9EAE4D #4DAE8E #5D4DAE #AE4D6E

split-complementary

#9EAE4D #4D6EAE #8E4DAE

monochromatic

#515927 #77843A #9EAE4D #B6C276 #CCD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9EAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#9EAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE4D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE4D	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.124 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc682',
    500: '#9eae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae4d;
$custom-light: #bdc682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.897,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE4D

secondary

#9C95C2

accent

#59CF6D

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE4D

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

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