#9EBE38#9EBE38

#9EBE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.160 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBE38
RGB	rgb(158, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -29.16, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 67.32, 115.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0852 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.16 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2283, 44.3815, 10.5566)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBE38 #5838BE

analogous

#BE9B38 #9EBE38 #5BBE38

triadic

#9EBE38 #389EBE #BE389E

tetradic

#9EBE38 #38BE9B #5838BE #BE385B

square

#9EBE38 #38BE9B #5838BE #BE385B

split-complementary

#9EBE38 #385BBE #9B38BE

monochromatic

#4F5F1C #778F2A #9EBE38 #B6D162 #CCDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#9EBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#9EBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBE38

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBE38	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.160 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed177',
    500: '#9ebe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebe38;
$custom-light: #bed177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.328,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75283,
    "c": 0.16039,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBE38

secondary

#9888CA

accent

#4ADE6D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBE38

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

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