#9EAF38#9EAF38

#9EAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.142 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EAF38
RGB	rgb(158, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -21.86, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 60.43, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.065 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.142 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1450, 38.2149, 9.5288)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EAF38 #4938AF

analogous

#AF8438 #9EAF38 #63AF38

triadic

#9EAF38 #389EAF #AF389E

tetradic

#9EAF38 #38AF84 #4938AF #AF3863

square

#9EAF38 #38AF84 #4938AF #AF3863

split-complementary

#9EAF38 #3863AF #8438AF

monochromatic

#4A521A #748129 #9EAF38 #BACA5A #CED988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#9EAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#9EAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EAF38

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EAF38	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)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.142 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec676',
    500: '#9eaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eaf38;
$custom-light: #bec676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71817,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EAF38

secondary

#8980C3

accent

#4DDB61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EAF38

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

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