#9EB437#9EB437

#9EB437 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.149 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB437
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -24.39, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 63.08, 112.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0721 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.149 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1120, 40.1877, 9.7317)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB437 #4D37B4

analogous

#B48B37 #9EB437 #5FB437

triadic

#9EB437 #379EB4 #B4379E

tetradic

#9EB437 #37B48B #4D37B4 #B4375F

square

#9EB437 #37B48B #4D37B4 #B4375F

split-complementary

#9EB437 #375FB4 #8B37B4

monochromatic

#4C561A #758529 #9EB437 #B9CD5B #CDDB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9EB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#9EB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB437

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB437	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.149 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beca75',
    500: '#9eb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb437;
$custom-light: #beca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.56,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB437

secondary

#8D81C6

accent

#4BDD65

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB437

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

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