#9EB31A#9EB31A

#9EB31A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.163 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB31A
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 26)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 85.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -25.15, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 71.26, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0764 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.163 118)
XYZ	xyz(30.4079, 39.5842, 7.0157)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB31A #2F1AB3

analogous

#B37B1A #9EB31A #52B31A

triadic

#9EB31A #1A9EB3 #B31A9E

tetradic

#9EB31A #1AB37B #2F1AB3 #B31A52

square

#9EB31A #1AB37B #2F1AB3 #B31A52

split-complementary

#9EB31A #1A52B3 #7B1AB3

monochromatic

#40480A #6F7E12 #9EB31A #C7E02A #D5E860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#9EB31A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#9EB31A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB31A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB31A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB31A	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb31a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.163 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc969',
    500: '#9eb31a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb31a;
$custom-light: #bfc969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb31a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72568,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.39584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB31A

secondary

#6C5DCC

accent

#37F150

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB31A

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

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