#9EB422#9EB422

#9EB422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.161 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB422
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 34)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -25.39, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 69.75, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0766 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.161 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7113, 40.0274, 7.6212)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB422 #3822B4

analogous

#B48122 #9EB422 #55B422

triadic

#9EB422 #229EB4 #B4229E

tetradic

#9EB422 #22B481 #3822B4 #B42255

square

#9EB422 #22B481 #3822B4 #B42255

split-complementary

#9EB422 #2255B4 #8122B4

monochromatic

#444D0F #718118 #9EB422 #C2DA3A #D2E36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EB422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#9EB422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB422

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB422	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.161 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfca6c',
    500: '#9eb422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb422;
$custom-light: #bfca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.041,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB422

secondary

#7768CA

accent

#3DEB57

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB422

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

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