#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
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -24.33, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 62.71, 112.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0718 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.148 119)
XYZ	xyz(31.1362, 40.1974, 9.8592)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9EB438	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)

#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

Preview with #9EB438

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

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