#9EB42F#9EB42F

#9EB42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.154 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB42F
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -24.83, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 65.88, 112.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.074 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.154 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9356, 40.1171, 8.8024)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB42F #452FB4

analogous

#B4882F #9EB42F #5CB42F

triadic

#9EB42F #2F9EB4 #B42F9E

tetradic

#9EB42F #2FB488 #452FB4 #B42F5C

square

#9EB42F #2FB488 #452FB4 #B42F5C

split-complementary

#9EB42F #2F5CB4 #882FB4

monochromatic

#495316 #738322 #9EB42F #BCD14F #CEDE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#9EB42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#9EB42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB42F

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB42F	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)

#C0AA13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.154 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beca71',
    500: '#9eb42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb42f;
$custom-light: #beca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.925,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72904,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB42F

secondary

#8578C7

accent

#46E260

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB42F

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

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