#9EB22C#9EB22C

#9EB22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.154 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB22C
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -23.99, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 65.99, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.072 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.154 118)
XYZ	xyz(30.4763, 39.2920, 8.3610)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB22C #402CB2

analogous

#B2832C #9EB22C #5BB22C

triadic

#9EB22C #2C9EB2 #B22C9E

tetradic

#9EB22C #2CB283 #402CB2 #B22C5B

square

#9EB22C #2CB283 #402CB2 #B22C5B

split-complementary

#9EB22C #2C5BB2 #832CB2

monochromatic

#475014 #728120 #9EB22C #BED249 #CFDE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9EB22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB22C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB22C	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)

#BEA80C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.154 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec970',
    500: '#9eb22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb22c;
$custom-light: #bec970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.955,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.15351,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.39292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB22C

secondary

#8073C6

accent

#44E45C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB22C

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

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