#9EB449#9EB449

#9EB449 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.135 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB449
RGB	rgb(158, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -23.13, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 55.83, 114.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0669 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.135 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6248, 40.3928, 12.4326)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB449 #5F49B4

analogous

#B49449 #9EB449 #69B449

triadic

#9EB449 #499EB4 #B4499E

tetradic

#9EB449 #49B494 #5F49B4 #B44969

square

#9EB449 #49B494 #5F49B4 #B44969

split-complementary

#9EB449 #4969B4 #9449B4

monochromatic

#525D26 #788837 #9EB449 #B5C774 #CCD89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9EB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#9EB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB449

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB449	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.135 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdca80',
    500: '#9eb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb449;
$custom-light: #bdca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.336,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73124,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB449

secondary

#9E94C5

accent

#56D26F

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB449

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

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