#9EB31D#9EB31D

#9EB31D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.162 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB31D
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 29)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 83.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -25.07, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 70.58, 110.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.076 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.162 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4432, 39.5983, 7.2016)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB31D #321DB3

analogous

#B37D1D #9EB31D #53B31D

triadic

#9EB31D #1D9EB3 #B31D9E

tetradic

#9EB31D #1DB37D #321DB3 #B31D53

square

#9EB31D #1DB37D #321DB3 #B31D53

split-complementary

#9EB31D #1D53B3 #7D1DB3

monochromatic

#414A0C #707E14 #9EB31D #C5DD30 #D4E664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9EB31D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#9EB31D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB31D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB31D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB31D	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)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb31d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.162 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc96a',
    500: '#9eb31d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb31d;
$custom-light: #bfc96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb31d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.4,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72579,
    "c": 0.16162,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB31D

secondary

#7061CB

accent

#39EF52

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB31D

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

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