#9EB522#9EB522

#9EB522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.162 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB522
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 34)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 81.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -25.87, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 70.17, 111.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0779 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.162 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9139, 40.4326, 7.6888)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB522 #3922B5

analogous

#B58322 #9EB522 #54B522

triadic

#9EB522 #229EB5 #B5229E

tetradic

#9EB522 #22B583 #3922B5 #B52254

square

#9EB522 #22B583 #3922B5 #B52254

split-complementary

#9EB522 #2254B5 #8322B5

monochromatic

#444E0F #718118 #9EB522 #C1DA3A #D1E46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#9EB522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#9EB522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB522

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB522	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.162 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfcb6c',
    500: '#9eb522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb522;
$custom-light: #bfcb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.388,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73064,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB522

secondary

#7869CA

accent

#3DEB58

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB522

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

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