#9EB11D#9EB11D

#9EB11D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.159 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB11D
RGB	rgb(158, 177, 29)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 84%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 83.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -24.09, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 69.78, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0733 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.159 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0453, 38.8025, 7.0690)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB11D #301DB1

analogous

#B17A1D #9EB11D #54B11D

triadic

#9EB11D #1D9EB1 #B11D9E

tetradic

#9EB11D #1DB17A #301DB1 #B11D54

square

#9EB11D #1DB17A #301DB1 #B11D54

split-complementary

#9EB11D #1D54B1 #7A1DB1

monochromatic

#40480C #6F7C14 #9EB11D #C6DD2E #D5E563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#9EB11D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#9EB11D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB11D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB11D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB11D	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb11d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.159 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc869',
    500: '#9eb11d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb11d;
$custom-light: #bfc869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb11d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.703,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72117,
    "c": 0.15943,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB11D

secondary

#6D60CA

accent

#39EF51

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB11D

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

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