#9EB315#9EB315

#9EB315 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.164 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB315
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 21)
HSL	hsl(68, 79%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 88.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -25.28, 67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 72.25, 110.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0771 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.164 118)
XYZ	xyz(30.3568, 39.5638, 6.7467)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB315 #2A15B3

analogous

#B37915 #9EB315 #4FB315

triadic

#9EB315 #159EB3 #B3159E

tetradic

#9EB315 #15B379 #2A15B3 #B3154F

square

#9EB315 #15B379 #2A15B3 #B3154F

split-complementary

#9EB315 #154FB3 #7915B3

monochromatic

#3D4508 #6E7C0F #9EB315 #CBE520 #D8EB57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EB315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9EB315 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB315

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB315	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.164 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc967',
    500: '#9eb315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb315;
$custom-light: #bfc967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.975,
    "s": 79,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72551,
    "c": 0.16428,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.39563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB315

secondary

#6656CE

accent

#32F54C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB315

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

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