#9EB838#9EB838

#9EB838 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.153 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB838
RGB	rgb(158, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -26.28, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 64.54, 114.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0772 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.153 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9554, 41.8357, 10.1323)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB838 #5238B8

analogous

#B89238 #9EB838 #5EB838

triadic

#9EB838 #389EB8 #B8389E

tetradic

#9EB838 #38B892 #5238B8 #B8385E

square

#9EB838 #38B892 #5238B8 #B8385E

split-complementary

#9EB838 #385EB8 #9238B8

monochromatic

#4D5A1B #76892A #9EB838 #B8CE5F #CDDD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#9EB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#9EB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB838

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB838	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.153 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#becd76',
    500: '#9eb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb838;
$custom-light: #becd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.188,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73892,
    "c": 0.15316,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB838

secondary

#9285C7

accent

#4BDD69

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB838

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

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