#9EB227#9EB227

#9EB227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.156 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB227
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -24.21, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 67.53, 111.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.073 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.156 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3879, 39.2567, 7.8955)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB227 #3B27B2

analogous

#B28027 #9EB227 #59B227

triadic

#9EB227 #279EB2 #B2279E

tetradic

#9EB227 #27B280 #3B27B2 #B22759

square

#9EB227 #27B280 #3B27B2 #B22759

split-complementary

#9EB227 #2759B2 #8027B2

monochromatic

#454E11 #71801C #9EB227 #C0D541 #D1E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9EB227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB227

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB227	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)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.156 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96d',
    500: '#9eb227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb227;
$custom-light: #bec96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.633,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72395,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB227

secondary

#7A6DC8

accent

#41E759

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB227

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

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