#9EAE6B#9EAE6B

#9EAE6B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.092 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAE6B
RGB	rgb(158, 174, 107)
HSL	hsl(74, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 39%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 38.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -16.62, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 36.55, 117.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0456 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.092 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8904, 38.6028, 19.6781)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAE6B #7B6BAE

analogous

#AE9C6B #9EAE6B #7DAE6B

triadic

#9EAE6B #6B9EAE #AE6B9E

tetradic

#9EAE6B #6BAE9C #7B6BAE #AE6B7D

square

#9EAE6B #6BAE9C #7B6BAE #AE6B7D

split-complementary

#9EAE6B #6B7DAE #9C6BAE

monochromatic

#5B6738 #7F8E4E #9EAE6B #B8C493 #D2D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#9EAE6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#9EAE6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAE6B

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAE6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAE6B	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eae6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 174, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.092 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc696',
    500: '#9eae6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eae6b;
$custom-light: #bbc696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eae6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.328,
    "s": 29.258,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAE6B

secondary

#B3ACC8

accent

#62C67A

background

#FBFCF9

surface

#F6F8F2

border

#D0D1CC

text

#12130D

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAE6B

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

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