#9EB949#9EB949

#9EB949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.142 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EB949
RGB	rgb(158, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(74, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -25.59, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 58.31, 116.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0737 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.142 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6525, 42.4481, 12.7751)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EB949 #6449B9

analogous

#B99C49 #9EB949 #66B949

triadic

#9EB949 #499EB9 #B9499E

tetradic

#9EB949 #49B99C #6449B9 #B94966

square

#9EB949 #49B99C #6449B9 #B94966

split-complementary

#9EB949 #4966B9 #9C49B9

monochromatic

#536226 #798E37 #9EB949 #B6CA75 #CDDBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#9EB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#9EB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EB949

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EB949	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9eb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.142 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdce80',
    500: '#9eb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9eb949;
$custom-light: #bdce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9eb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.464,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74274,
    "c": 0.14152,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EB949

secondary

#A296C8

accent

#54D473

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#12130A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EB949

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

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