#9EB420#9EB420

#9EB420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.162 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB420
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 32)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -25.46, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 70.27, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0769 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.162 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6833, 40.0162, 7.4737)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB420 #3620B4

analogous

#B48020 #9EB420 #54B420

triadic

#9EB420 #209EB4 #B4209E

tetradic

#9EB420 #20B480 #3620B4 #B42054

square

#9EB420 #20B480 #3620B4 #B42054

split-complementary

#9EB420 #2054B4 #8020B4

monochromatic

#434C0E #708017 #9EB420 #C3DB36 #D2E46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EB420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#9EB420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB420

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB420	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.162 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfca6b',
    500: '#9eb420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb420;
$custom-light: #bfca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.919,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72823,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB420

secondary

#7466CA

accent

#3BED56

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB420

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

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