#9EB423#9EB423

#9EB423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.160 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB423
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 35)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -25.35, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 69.49, 111.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0764 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.16 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7259, 40.0332, 7.6983)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB423 #3923B4

analogous

#B48123 #9EB423 #56B423

triadic

#9EB423 #239EB4 #B4239E

tetradic

#9EB423 #23B481 #3923B4 #B42356

square

#9EB423 #23B481 #3923B4 #B42356

split-complementary

#9EB423 #2356B4 #8123B4

monochromatic

#444E0F #718119 #9EB423 #C1D93B #D1E36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EB423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#9EB423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB423

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB423	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)

#BEAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.160 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beca6c',
    500: '#9eb423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb423;
$custom-light: #beca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.103,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.16026,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB423

secondary

#7869C9

accent

#3DEA58

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB423

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

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