#9EB040#9EB040

#9EB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.138 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB040
RGB	rgb(158, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -21.83, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 57.71, 112.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0641 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.138 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5519, 38.6902, 10.7080)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB040 #5240B0

analogous

#B08A40 #9EB040 #66B040

triadic

#9EB040 #409EB0 #B0409E

tetradic

#9EB040 #40B08A #5240B0 #B04066

square

#9EB040 #40B08A #5240B0 #B04066

split-complementary

#9EB040 #4066B0 #8A40B0

monochromatic

#4D561F #768330 #9EB040 #B8C766 #CDD893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9EB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#9EB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB040

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB040	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.138 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc77a',
    500: '#9eb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb040;
$custom-light: #bdc77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.643,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB040

secondary

#9289C3

accent

#51D667

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB040

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

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