#9EB931#9EB931

#9EB931 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.159 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB931
RGB	rgb(158, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -27.15, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 67.43, 113.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0803 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.159 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0045, 42.1889, 9.3624)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB931 #4C31B9

analogous

#B99031 #9EB931 #5AB931

triadic

#9EB931 #319EB9 #B9319E

tetradic

#9EB931 #31B990 #4C31B9 #B9315A

square

#9EB931 #31B990 #4C31B9 #B9315A

split-complementary

#9EB931 #315AB9 #9031B9

monochromatic

#4B5817 #758924 #9EB931 #B9D255 #CDDF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#9EB931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#9EB931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB931

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB931	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.159 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bece73',
    500: '#9eb931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb931;
$custom-light: #bece73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.912,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74074,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB931

secondary

#8C7DC8

accent

#46E165

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB931

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

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