#9EB137#9EB137
#9EB137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.145 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EB137 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 177, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 53%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 69%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.74, -22.91, 57.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.74, 61.72, 111.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.27% -0.068 0.1286) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.27% 0.146 117.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.5129, 38.9895, 9.5320) |
| Luminance | 0.3899 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 1.80
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.71
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.76
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.97
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 3.04
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.11
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EB137 #4A37B1
analogous
#B18737 #9EB137 #61B137
triadic
#9EB137 #379EB1 #B1379E
tetradic
#9EB137 #37B187 #4A37B1 #B13761
square
#9EB137 #37B187 #4A37B1 #B13761
split-complementary
#9EB137 #3761B1 #8737B1
monochromatic
#4B541A #748228 #9EB137 #BACC5A #CDDA88
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.39
#9EB137 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.80
#9EB137 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EB137
8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EB137 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EB137 | 1.00 | 2.39 | 8.80 | 8.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDA724
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA840
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7A799
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9eb137; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.145 117.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bec875',
500: '#9eb137',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9eb137; $custom-light: #bec875; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9eb137",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 177,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.344,
"s": 52.586,
"l": 45.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72269,
"c": 0.1455,
"h": 117.9
},
"luminance": 0.38989
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EB137
secondary
#8A80C4
accent
#4CDC62
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#121309
muted
#81827B