#9EB22B#9EB22B

#9EB22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.154 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB22B
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -24.04, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 66.31, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0722 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.154 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4577, 39.2846, 8.2632)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB22B #3F2BB2

analogous

#B2822B #9EB22B #5AB22B

triadic

#9EB22B #2B9EB2 #B22B9E

tetradic

#9EB22B #2BB282 #3F2BB2 #B22B5A

square

#9EB22B #2BB282 #3F2BB2 #B22B5A

split-complementary

#9EB22B #2B5AB2 #822BB2

monochromatic

#464F13 #72811F #9EB22B #BED348 #D0DF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9EB22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB22B

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB22B	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)

#BEA809

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.154 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96f',
    500: '#9eb22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb22b;
$custom-light: #bec96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72417,
    "c": 0.15407,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB22B

secondary

#7F72C7

accent

#44E45B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB22B

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

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