#9EB236#9EB236

#9EB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.147 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB236
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -23.47, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 62.54, 112.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0696 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.147 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6874, 39.3765, 9.4731)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB236 #4A36B2

analogous

#B28836 #9EB236 #60B236

triadic

#9EB236 #369EB2 #B2369E

tetradic

#9EB236 #36B288 #4A36B2 #B23660

square

#9EB236 #36B288 #4A36B2 #B23660

split-complementary

#9EB236 #3660B2 #8836B2

monochromatic

#4B541A #748328 #9EB236 #BACD59 #CDDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9EB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB236

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB236	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.147 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec975',
    500: '#9eb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb236;
$custom-light: #bec975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72492,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB236

secondary

#8A7FC5

accent

#4BDD62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB236

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

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