#9EB138#9EB138

#9EB138 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	#9EB138
RGB	rgb(158, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -22.85, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 61.34, 111.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0677 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.145 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5371, 38.9992, 9.6595)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB138 #4B38B1

analogous

#B18738 #9EB138 #62B138

triadic

#9EB138 #389EB1 #B1389E

tetradic

#9EB138 #38B187 #4B38B1 #B13862

square

#9EB138 #38B187 #4B38B1 #B13862

split-complementary

#9EB138 #3862B1 #8738B1

monochromatic

#4B541B #748329 #9EB138 #BACB5B #CDDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#9EB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#9EB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB138

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB138	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)

#BDA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.145 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec876',
    500: '#9eb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb138;
$custom-light: #bec876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.421,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB138

secondary

#8B81C4

accent

#4CDB63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB138

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

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