#9EB042#9EB042

#9EB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.136 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB042
RGB	rgb(158, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -21.69, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 56.88, 112.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0635 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.136 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6098, 38.7134, 11.0131)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB042 #5442B0

analogous

#B08B42 #9EB042 #67B042

triadic

#9EB042 #429EB0 #B0429E

tetradic

#9EB042 #42B08B #5442B0 #B04267

square

#9EB042 #42B08B #5442B0 #B04267

split-complementary

#9EB042 #4267B0 #8B42B0

monochromatic

#4E5721 #768331 #9EB042 #B7C769 #CCD795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9EB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#9EB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB042

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB042	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)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.136 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc77b',
    500: '#9eb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb042;
$custom-light: #bdc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.818,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB042

secondary

#948BC3

accent

#53D568

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB042

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

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