#9EB23D#9EB23D

#9EB23D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.142 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB23D
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(70, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -23.03, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 59.86, 112.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0677 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.142 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8638, 39.4471, 10.4021)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB23D #513DB2

analogous

#B28B3D #9EB23D #64B23D

triadic

#9EB23D #3D9EB2 #B23D9E

tetradic

#9EB23D #3DB28B #513DB2 #B23D64

square

#9EB23D #3DB28B #513DB2 #B23D64

split-complementary

#9EB23D #3D64B2 #8B3DB2

monochromatic

#4D571E #76842D #9EB23D #B8C963 #CDD990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#9EB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB23D

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB23D	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.142 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc979',
    500: '#9eb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb23d;
$custom-light: #bdc979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.256,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB23D

secondary

#9187C4

accent

#4FD967

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB23D

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

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