#9EB12C#9EB12C

#9EB12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.152 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB12C
RGB	rgb(158, 177, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -23.50, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 65.56, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0706 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.152 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2780, 38.8956, 8.2949)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB12C #3F2CB1

analogous

#B1812C #9EB12C #5CB12C

triadic

#9EB12C #2C9EB1 #B12C9E

tetradic

#9EB12C #2CB181 #3F2CB1 #B12C5C

square

#9EB12C #2CB181 #3F2CB1 #B12C5C

split-complementary

#9EB12C #2C5CB1 #812CB1

monochromatic

#464F14 #728020 #9EB12C #BED249 #D0DE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9EB12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#9EB12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB12C

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB12C	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)

#BDA70D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.152 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec870',
    500: '#9eb12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb12c;
$custom-light: #bec870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB12C

secondary

#7F73C6

accent

#44E35B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB12C

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

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