#9EB935#9EB935
#9EB935 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.156 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9EB935 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(158, 185, 53) |
| HSL | hsl(72, 55%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(72, 71%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 27.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.03, -26.94, 60.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.03, 66.07, 114.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.1% -0.0793 0.1347) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.1% 0.156 120.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.0927, 42.2242, 9.8269) |
| Luminance | 0.4222 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 0.78
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 1.52
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.54
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.72
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 2.86
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9EB935 #5035B9
analogous
#B99235 #9EB935 #5CB935
triadic
#9EB935 #359EB9 #B9359E
tetradic
#9EB935 #35B992 #5035B9 #B9355C
square
#9EB935 #35B992 #5035B9 #B9355C
split-complementary
#9EB935 #355CB9 #9235B9
monochromatic
#4D5A1A #758927 #9EB935 #B8D05B #CDDE8B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#9EB935 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.44
#9EB935 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9EB935
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9EB935 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9EB935 | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.44 | 9.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 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)
#C5AE1E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AE40
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7AF9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9eb935; /* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 185, 53); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.156 120.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bece75',
500: '#9eb935',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9eb935; $custom-light: #bece75; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9eb935",
"rgb": {
"r": 158,
"g": 185,
"b": 53
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.273,
"s": 55.462,
"l": 46.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74101,
"c": 0.15631,
"h": 120.5
},
"luminance": 0.42224
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9EB935
secondary
#9082C8
accent
#49DF68
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F9ED
border
#D1D2C8
text
#121309
muted
#81827B