#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
RGBrgb(158, 177, 29)
HSLhsl(68, 72%, 40%)
HSVhsv(68, 84%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(10.7%, 0%, 83.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.61, -24.09, 65.49)
CIE-LCHlch(68.61, 69.78, 110.19°)
OKLaboklab(72.12% -0.0733 0.1416)
OKLCHoklch(72.12% 0.159 117.4)
XYZxyz(30.0453, 38.8025, 7.0690)
Luminance0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##9EB11D1.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

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

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#9EB11D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva