#9EB23A#9EB23A

#9EB23A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.145 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB23A
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(70, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 67.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -23.22, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 61.03, 112.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0686 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.145 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7853, 39.4156, 9.9884)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB23A #4E3AB2

analogous

#B28A3A #9EB23A #62B23A

triadic

#9EB23A #3A9EB2 #B23A9E

tetradic

#9EB23A #3AB28A #4E3AB2 #B23A62

square

#9EB23A #3AB28A #4E3AB2 #B23A62

split-complementary

#9EB23A #3A62B2 #8A3AB2

monochromatic

#4C561C #75842B #9EB23A #B9CB5F #CDDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#9EB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB23A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB23A	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BEA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.145 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec977',
    500: '#9eb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb23a;
$custom-light: #bec977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB23A

secondary

#8E83C4

accent

#4DDA65

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB23A

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

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