#9EB42E#9EB42E

#9EB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.155 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB42E
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -24.88, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 66.21, 112.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0743 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.155 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9156, 40.1091, 8.6974)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB42E #442EB4

analogous

#B4872E #9EB42E #5BB42E

triadic

#9EB42E #2E9EB4 #B42E9E

tetradic

#9EB42E #2EB487 #442EB4 #B42E5B

square

#9EB42E #2EB487 #442EB4 #B42E5B

split-complementary

#9EB42E #2E5BB4 #872EB4

monochromatic

#485315 #738322 #9EB42E #BCD24E #CEDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9EB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB42E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB42E	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.155 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beca71',
    500: '#9eb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb42e;
$custom-light: #beca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.851,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.15467,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB42E

secondary

#8477C7

accent

#45E25F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB42E

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