#9EB229#9EB229

#9EB229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.155 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB229
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -24.13, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 66.93, 111.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0726 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.155 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4219, 39.2703, 8.0747)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB229 #3D29B2

analogous

#B28129 #9EB229 #59B229

triadic

#9EB229 #299EB2 #B2299E

tetradic

#9EB229 #29B281 #3D29B2 #B22959

square

#9EB229 #29B281 #3D29B2 #B22959

split-complementary

#9EB229 #2959B2 #8129B2

monochromatic

#464F12 #72801E #9EB229 #BFD444 #D0DF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#9EB229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB229

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB229	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)

#BEA802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.155 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96e',
    500: '#9eb229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb229;
$custom-light: #bec96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.759,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72406,
    "c": 0.15512,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB229

secondary

#7D70C7

accent

#42E65A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB229

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

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