#9EB316#9EB316

#9EB316 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	#9EB316
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -25.26, 67.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 72.06, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0769 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.164 118)
XYZ	xyz(30.3663, 39.5675, 6.7965)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB316 #2B16B3

analogous

#B37916 #9EB316 #50B316

triadic

#9EB316 #169EB3 #B3169E

tetradic

#9EB316 #16B379 #2B16B3 #B31650

square

#9EB316 #16B379 #2B16B3 #B31650

split-complementary

#9EB316 #1650B3 #7916B3

monochromatic

#3E4609 #6E7C0F #9EB316 #CAE422 #D7EB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EB316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#9EB316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB316

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB316	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)

#BDA92A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.164 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc967',
    500: '#9eb316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb316;
$custom-light: #bfc967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.025,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.16399,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.39567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB316

secondary

#6757CE

accent

#33F54D

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB316

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

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