#9EB22D#9EB22D

#9EB22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.153 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB22D
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -23.94, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 65.67, 111.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0718 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.153 118)
XYZ	xyz(30.4953, 39.2997, 8.4612)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB22D #412DB2

analogous

#B2832D #9EB22D #5BB22D

triadic

#9EB22D #2D9EB2 #B22D9E

tetradic

#9EB22D #2DB283 #412DB2 #B22D5B

square

#9EB22D #2DB283 #412DB2 #B22D5B

split-complementary

#9EB22D #2D5BB2 #832DB2

monochromatic

#475014 #738121 #9EB22D #BDD14B #CFDE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#9EB22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB22D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB22D	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)

#BEA80F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.153 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec970',
    500: '#9eb22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb22d;
$custom-light: #bec970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.023,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72429,
    "c": 0.15294,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.39299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB22D

secondary

#8175C6

accent

#45E35D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB22D

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

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