#9EB438#9EB438

#9EB438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.148 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9EB438
RGBrgb(158, 180, 56)
HSLhsl(71, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(71, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(12.2%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.61, -24.33, 57.79)
CIE-LCHlch(69.61, 62.71, 112.83°)
OKLaboklab(72.97% -0.0718 0.1298)
OKLCHoklch(72.97% 0.148 119)
XYZxyz(31.1362, 40.1974, 9.8592)
Luminance0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9EB438 #4E38B4
analogous
#B48C38 #9EB438 #60B438
triadic
#9EB438 #389EB4 #B4389E
tetradic
#9EB438 #38B48C #4E38B4 #B43860
square
#9EB438 #38B48C #4E38B4 #B43860
split-complementary
#9EB438 #3860B4 #8C38B4
monochromatic
#4C571B #758529 #9EB438 #B9CD5D #CDDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#9EB438 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04
#9EB438 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB438
9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9EB438#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9EB4381.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AA25
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAA42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7AA9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9eb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.148 119.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beca76',
    500: '#9eb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9eb438;
$custom-light: #beca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9eb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.645,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.40197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9EB438
secondary
#8E82C5
accent
#4CDC65
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#121309
muted
#81827B

Preview Lab

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#9EB438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva