#9EB331#9EB331

#9EB331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.152 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB331
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -24.23, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 64.77, 111.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0722 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.152 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7757, 39.7313, 8.9528)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB331 #4631B3

analogous

#B38731 #9EB331 #5DB331

triadic

#9EB331 #319EB3 #B3319E

tetradic

#9EB331 #31B387 #4631B3 #B3315D

square

#9EB331 #31B387 #4631B3 #B3315D

split-complementary

#9EB331 #315DB3 #8731B3

monochromatic

#495317 #748324 #9EB331 #BBD052 #CEDD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#9EB331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#9EB331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB331

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB331	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.152 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec972',
    500: '#9eb331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb331;
$custom-light: #bec972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.692,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.15174,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB331

secondary

#867AC6

accent

#48E060

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB331

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

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