#9EB225#9EB225

#9EB225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.157 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB225
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 37)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 79.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -24.29, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 68.11, 110.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0734 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.157 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3556, 39.2438, 7.7256)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB225 #3925B2

analogous

#B28025 #9EB225 #57B225

triadic

#9EB225 #259EB2 #B2259E

tetradic

#9EB225 #25B280 #3925B2 #B22557

square

#9EB225 #25B280 #3925B2 #B22557

split-complementary

#9EB225 #2557B2 #8025B2

monochromatic

#444D10 #717F1A #9EB225 #C1D73D #D1E170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9EB225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB225

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB225	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.157 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96d',
    500: '#9eb225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb225;
$custom-light: #bec96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.511,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72384,
    "c": 0.15711,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB225

secondary

#786BC8

accent

#3FE957

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB225

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

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