#9EB549#9EB549

#9EB549 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.136 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB549
RGB	rgb(158, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(73, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -23.63, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 56.33, 114.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0682 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.136 120)
XYZ	xyz(31.8274, 40.7980, 12.5001)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB549 #6049B5

analogous

#B59649 #9EB549 #68B549

triadic

#9EB549 #499EB5 #B5499E

tetradic

#9EB549 #49B596 #6049B5 #B54968

square

#9EB549 #49B596 #6049B5 #B54968

split-complementary

#9EB549 #4968B5 #9649B5

monochromatic

#525E26 #788937 #9EB549 #B5C774 #CDD9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#9EB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#9EB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB549

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB549	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.136 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdcb80',
    500: '#9eb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb549;
$custom-light: #bdcb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.778,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.40798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB549

secondary

#9F94C5

accent

#55D270

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB549

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

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