#9EAE56#9EAE56

#9EAE56 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE56
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 50.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -18.97, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 46.89, 113.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0539 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.115 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9167, 38.2133, 14.5495)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE56 #6656AE

analogous

#AE9256 #9EAE56 #72AE56

triadic

#9EAE56 #569EAE #AE569E

tetradic

#9EAE56 #56AE92 #6656AE #AE5672

square

#9EAE56 #56AE92 #6656AE #AE5672

split-complementary

#9EAE56 #5672AE #9256AE

monochromatic

#545D2D #7A8640 #9EAE56 #B6C27F #CDD6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9EAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#9EAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE56

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE56	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc688',
    500: '#9eae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae56;
$custom-light: #bcc688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71908,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE56

secondary

#A39CC3

accent

#5DCB71

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE56

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

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