#9EB238#9EB238

#9EB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.146 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB238
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -23.35, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 61.79, 112.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0691 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.146 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7354, 39.3957, 9.7256)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB238 #4C38B2

analogous

#B28938 #9EB238 #61B238

triadic

#9EB238 #389EB2 #B2389E

tetradic

#9EB238 #38B289 #4C38B2 #B23861

square

#9EB238 #38B289 #4C38B2 #B23861

split-complementary

#9EB238 #3861B2 #8938B2

monochromatic

#4B551B #758329 #9EB238 #B9CC5C #CDDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#9EB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9EB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB238

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB238	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)

#BEA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.146 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec976',
    500: '#9eb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb238;
$custom-light: #bec976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.836,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72507,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB238

secondary

#8C81C5

accent

#4CDC64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB238

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

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