#9EB31B#9EB31B

#9EB31B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.162 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB31B
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 27)
HSL	hsl(68, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -25.12, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 71.04, 110.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0763 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.162 118)
XYZ	xyz(30.4193, 39.5887, 7.0756)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB31B #301BB3

analogous

#B37C1B #9EB31B #52B31B

triadic

#9EB31B #1B9EB3 #B31B9E

tetradic

#9EB31B #1BB37C #301BB3 #B31B52

square

#9EB31B #1BB37C #301BB3 #B31B52

split-complementary

#9EB31B #1B52B3 #7C1BB3

monochromatic

#40490B #6F7E13 #9EB31B #C6DF2C #D5E761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9EB31B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#9EB31B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB31B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB31B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB31B	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)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb31b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.162 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc969',
    500: '#9eb31b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb31b;
$custom-light: #bfc969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb31b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.289,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.16235,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.39588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB31B

secondary

#6D5ECC

accent

#37F051

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB31B

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

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