#9EB338#9EB338

#9EB338 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.147 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB338
RGB	rgb(158, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -23.84, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 62.25, 112.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0705 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.147 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9351, 39.7951, 9.7922)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB338 #4D38B3

analogous

#B38A38 #9EB338 #60B338

triadic

#9EB338 #389EB3 #B3389E

tetradic

#9EB338 #38B38A #4D38B3 #B33860

square

#9EB338 #38B38A #4D38B3 #B33860

split-complementary

#9EB338 #3860B3 #8A38B3

monochromatic

#4C561B #758429 #9EB338 #B9CC5C #CDDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#9EB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#9EB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB338

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB338	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.147 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec976',
    500: '#9eb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb338;
$custom-light: #bec976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.244,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB338

secondary

#8D82C5

accent

#4CDC65

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB338

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

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