#9EAE5B#9EAE5B

#9EAE5B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE5B
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 91)
HSL	hsl(72, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 47.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -18.46, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 44.49, 114.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.052 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.11 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1252, 38.2967, 15.6478)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE5B #6B5BAE

analogous

#AE955B #9EAE5B #75AE5B

triadic

#9EAE5B #5B9EAE #AE5B9E

tetradic

#9EAE5B #5BAE95 #6B5BAE #AE5B75

square

#9EAE5B #5BAE95 #6B5BAE #AE5B75

split-complementary

#9EAE5B #5B75AE #955BAE

monochromatic

#565F2F #7B8843 #9EAE5B #B6C284 #CED6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9EAE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#9EAE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE5B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE5B	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc68b',
    500: '#9eae5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae5b;
$custom-light: #bcc68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.566,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71977,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE5B

secondary

#A7A0C5

accent

#5ECA73

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12130C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE5B

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

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