#9EB228#9EB228

#9EB228 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	#9EB228
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -24.17, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 67.24, 111.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0728 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.156 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4047, 39.2634, 7.9839)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB228 #3C28B2

analogous

#B28128 #9EB228 #59B228

triadic

#9EB228 #289EB2 #B2289E

tetradic

#9EB228 #28B281 #3C28B2 #B22859

square

#9EB228 #28B281 #3C28B2 #B22859

split-complementary

#9EB228 #2859B2 #8128B2

monochromatic

#454E12 #72801D #9EB228 #BFD543 #D0E075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9EB228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB228

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB228	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)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.156 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96e',
    500: '#9eb228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb228;
$custom-light: #bec96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.696,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB228

secondary

#7B6FC7

accent

#41E659

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB228

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

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