#9EB12A#9EB12A

#9EB12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.153 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB12A
RGB	rgb(158, 177, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -23.59, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 66.20, 110.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.071 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.153 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2413, 38.8809, 8.1017)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB12A #3D2AB1

analogous

#B1802A #9EB12A #5BB12A

triadic

#9EB12A #2A9EB1 #B12A9E

tetradic

#9EB12A #2AB180 #3D2AB1 #B12A5B

square

#9EB12A #2AB180 #3D2AB1 #B12A5B

split-complementary

#9EB12A #2A5BB1 #802AB1

monochromatic

#464E13 #72801E #9EB12A #BFD345 #D0DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9EB12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9EB12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB12A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB12A	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.153 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec86f',
    500: '#9eb12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb12a;
$custom-light: #bec86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72181,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB12A

secondary

#7D70C6

accent

#43E55A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB12A

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

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