#9EB416#9EB416

#9EB416 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.165 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB416
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -25.75, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 72.46, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0783 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.165 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5674, 39.9698, 6.8636)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB416 #2C16B4

analogous

#B47B16 #9EB416 #4FB416

triadic

#9EB416 #169EB4 #B4169E

tetradic

#9EB416 #16B47B #2C16B4 #B4164F

square

#9EB416 #16B47B #2C16B4 #B4164F

split-complementary

#9EB416 #164FB4 #7B16B4

monochromatic

#3E4709 #6E7D0F #9EB416 #C9E423 #D7EB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EB416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#9EB416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB416

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB416	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.165 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfca68',
    500: '#9eb416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb416;
$custom-light: #bfca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.354,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72786,
    "c": 0.16507,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB416

secondary

#6858CE

accent

#33F54E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB416

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

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