#9EBE49#9EBE49

#9EBE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.148 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBE49
RGB	rgb(158, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(76, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -28.00, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 60.80, 117.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0804 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.148 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7169, 44.5769, 13.1300)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBE49 #6949BE

analogous

#BEA349 #9EBE49 #64BE49

triadic

#9EBE49 #499EBE #BE499E

tetradic

#9EBE49 #49BEA3 #6949BE #BE4964

square

#9EBE49 #49BEA3 #6949BE #BE4964

split-complementary

#9EBE49 #4964BE #A349BE

monochromatic

#556825 #7B9535 #9EBE49 #B6CE76 #CEDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#9EBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#9EBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBE49

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBE49	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.148 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdd181',
    500: '#9ebe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebe49;
$custom-light: #bdd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.41,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75429,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBE49

secondary

#A698CB

accent

#51D776

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#12140B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBE49

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

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