#9EBE3B#9EBE3B

#9EBE3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.158 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBE3B
RGB	rgb(158, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(75, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(75, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -28.98, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 66.25, 115.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0844 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.158 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3038, 44.4117, 10.9546)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBE3B #5B3BBE

analogous

#BE9D3B #9EBE3B #5DBE3B

triadic

#9EBE3B #3B9EBE #BE3B9E

tetradic

#9EBE3B #3BBE9D #5B3BBE #BE3B5D

square

#9EBE3B #3BBE9D #5B3BBE #BE3B5D

split-complementary

#9EBE3B #3B5DBE #9D3BBE

monochromatic

#50611E #778F2C #9EBE3B #B6D067 #CCDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9EBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#9EBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBE3B

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBE3B	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C9B327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.158 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bed179',
    500: '#9ebe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebe3b;
$custom-light: #bed179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.656,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75305,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBE3B

secondary

#9A8BCA

accent

#4CDC6F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBE3B

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