#9EAE57#9EAE57

#9EAE57 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.114 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE57
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 50%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -18.87, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 46.42, 113.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0535 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.114 118)
XYZ	xyz(30.9572, 38.2296, 14.7632)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE57 #6757AE

analogous

#AE9257 #9EAE57 #72AE57

triadic

#9EAE57 #579EAE #AE579E

tetradic

#9EAE57 #57AE92 #6757AE #AE5772

square

#9EAE57 #57AE92 #6757AE #AE5772

split-complementary

#9EAE57 #5772AE #9257AE

monochromatic

#555E2D #7A8741 #9EAE57 #B6C280 #CED6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9EAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#9EAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE57

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE57	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.114 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc688',
    500: '#9eae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae57;
$custom-light: #bcc688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.034,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71921,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.38229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE57

secondary

#A49DC4

accent

#5DCB71

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE57

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

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