#9EB22A#9EB22A

#9EB22A 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 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB22A
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -24.08, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 66.63, 111.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0724 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.155 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4396, 39.2774, 8.1678)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB22A #3E2AB2

analogous

#B2822A #9EB22A #5AB22A

triadic

#9EB22A #2A9EB2 #B22A9E

tetradic

#9EB22A #2AB282 #3E2AB2 #B22A5A

square

#9EB22A #2AB282 #3E2AB2 #B22A5A

split-complementary

#9EB22A #2A5AB2 #822AB2

monochromatic

#464F13 #72801E #9EB22A #BFD346 #D0DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9EB22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB22A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB22A	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.155 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96f',
    500: '#9eb22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb22a;
$custom-light: #bec96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72411,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB22A

secondary

#7E71C7

accent

#43E55B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB22A

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

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