#9EB231#9EB231

#9EB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.151 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB231
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -23.74, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 64.33, 111.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0709 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.151 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5760, 39.3319, 8.8862)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB231 #4531B2

analogous

#B28531 #9EB231 #5EB231

triadic

#9EB231 #319EB2 #B2319E

tetradic

#9EB231 #31B285 #4531B2 #B2315E

square

#9EB231 #31B285 #4531B2 #B2315E

split-complementary

#9EB231 #315EB2 #8531B2

monochromatic

#495217 #738224 #9EB231 #BCCF51 #CEDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#9EB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB231

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB231	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.151 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec972',
    500: '#9eb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb231;
$custom-light: #bec972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.302,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72456,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB231

secondary

#8579C5

accent

#48E05F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB231

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

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