#9EB331

sRGB · 158 / 179 / 49

#9EB331 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 158 red, 179 green and 49 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 69.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 57.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 44.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.95:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 158, 179, 49
HSL: 69.69°, 57.02%, 44.71%
HSV / HSB: 69.69°, 72.63%, 70.20%
CMYK (approx.): 11.73%, 0.00%, 72.63%, 29.80%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.774, 39.731, 8.953
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 69.277, -24.238, 60.065
WCAG relative luminance: 0.39731
24-bit decimal: 10400561

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #9EB331 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 8.95:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.35:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4631B3 sits half a turn (180°) from #9EB331 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#9EB331 #4631B3

Analogous

#B38731 and #5DB331 sit 30° to either side of #9EB331. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B38731 #9EB331 #5DB331

Triadic

#9EB331, #319EB3 and #B3319E are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#9EB331 #319EB3 #B3319E

Split complementary

Start at #9EB331 and look across the wheel. #315DB3 and #8731B3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#9EB331 #315DB3 #8731B3

Square

Starting with #9EB331, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #31B387, #4631B3, then #B3315D. Across the square, #9EB331 pairs with #4631B3, and #31B387 with #B3315D.

#9EB331 #31B387 #4631B3 #B3315D

Tetradic

#9EB331 and #4631B3 are opposites, as are #31B346 and #B3319E. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#9EB331 #31B346 #4631B3 #B3319E

Tints

Mixing #9EB331 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1C25A, keeps 80% of the original. By #ECF0D6, the mixture is 80% white.

#9EB331 #B1C25A #C5D183 #D8E1AD #ECF0D6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #9EB331 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7E8F27, keeps 80% of the original. By #20240A, the mixture is 80% black.

#9EB331 #7E8F27 #5F6B1D #3F4814 #20240A #000000

Tones

Mixing #9EB331 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98A941, keeps 80% of the original. By #868A70, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#9EB331 #98A941 #929F51 #8C9460 #868A70 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#9EB331

RGB

rgb(158 179 49)

HSL

hsl(69.692 57.018% 44.706%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #9EB331;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#9EB331 uses 158 red, 179 green and 49 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 62.0%

Green 70.2%

Blue 19.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #9EB331 is 11.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 72.6% yellow and 29.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 11.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 72.6%

Black 29.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99BB33. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9B3 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #9EB331 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #99BB33 Nearest web-safe · #99CC33

Gradient to complement

#9EB331 #8F9D47 #81885C #727272 #635C88 #55479D #4631B3

Color vision previews

Compare how #9EB331 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#BFA918

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#A8A99A

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B4AC28

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B4AD38

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A1B068

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A9A9A9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A4AE7F

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.34191 G 0.45079 B 0.03071

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.63524 G 0.69943 B 0.28588

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.36124 G 0.44717 B 0.06644

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.387 y 0.500 Y 39.731

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 38.039 M % 29.804 Y % 80.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10011110 10110011 00110001