#9EB538#9EB538

#9EB538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.150 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB538
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -24.82, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 63.16, 113.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0732 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.15 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3388, 40.6026, 9.9267)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB538 #4F38B5

analogous

#B58E38 #9EB538 #60B538

triadic

#9EB538 #389EB5 #B5389E

tetradic

#9EB538 #38B58E #4F38B5 #B53860

square

#9EB538 #38B58E #4F38B5 #B53860

split-complementary

#9EB538 #3860B5 #8E38B5

monochromatic

#4C581B #75862A #9EB538 #B8CD5D #CDDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#9EB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#9EB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB538

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB538	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.150 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#becb76',
    500: '#9eb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb538;
$custom-light: #becb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.04,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB538

secondary

#8F83C6

accent

#4CDC66

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB538

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

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