#9EB03E#9EB03E
#9EB03E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EB03E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 176, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 48%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 65%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 64.8%, 31%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.51, -21.97, 54.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.51, 58.52, 112.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.1% -0.0647 0.1233) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.1% 0.139 117.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.4960, 38.6679, 10.4136) |
| Luminance | 0.3867 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 1.96
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 3.12
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.36
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.41
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.45
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EB03E #503EB0
analogous
#B0893E #9EB03E #65B03E
triadic
#9EB03E #3E9EB0 #B03E9E
tetradic
#9EB03E #3EB089 #503EB0 #B03E65
square
#9EB03E #3EB089 #503EB0 #B03E65
split-complementary
#9EB03E #3E65B0 #893EB0
monochromatic
#4D551E #75832E #9EB03E #B8C863 #CDD890
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.40
#9EB03E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.73
#9EB03E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EB03E
8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EB03E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EB03E | 1.00 | 2.40 | 8.73 | 8.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.40 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA72F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA846
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7A799
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9eb03e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 176, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 117.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc779',
500: '#9eb03e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9eb03e; $custom-light: #bdc779; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9eb03e",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 176,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.474,
"s": 47.899,
"l": 46.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72098,
"c": 0.1392,
"h": 117.7
},
"luminance": 0.38668
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EB03E
secondary
#9087C3
accent
#50D766
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F8EE
border
#D0D1C9
text
#121309
muted
#81827B