#9EB249#9EB249

#9EB249 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.133 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB249
RGB	rgb(158, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -22.14, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 54.85, 113.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0641 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.133 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2240, 39.5911, 12.2990)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB249 #5D49B2

analogous

#B29249 #9EB249 #69B249

triadic

#9EB249 #499EB2 #B2499E

tetradic

#9EB249 #49B292 #5D49B2 #B24969

square

#9EB249 #49B292 #5D49B2 #B24969

split-complementary

#9EB249 #4969B2 #9249B2

monochromatic

#515B25 #778737 #9EB249 #B6C573 #CCD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9EB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#9EB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB249

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB249	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.133 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc980',
    500: '#9eb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb249;
$custom-light: #bdc980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.429,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72665,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB249

secondary

#9C93C4

accent

#56D26E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB249

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

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