#9BA42E#9BA42E

#9BA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.138 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BA42E
RGB	rgb(155, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -18.16, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 59.50, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0555 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.138 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2870, 33.7173, 7.6549)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BA42E #372EA4

analogous

#A4722E #9BA42E #60A42E

triadic

#9BA42E #2E9BA4 #A42E9B

tetradic

#9BA42E #2EA472 #372EA4 #A42E60

square

#9BA42E #2EA472 #372EA4 #A42E60

split-complementary

#9BA42E #2E60A4 #722EA4

monochromatic

#414413 #6E7421 #9BA42E #C0CB45 #D0D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9BA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#9BA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BA42E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BA42E	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ba42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.138 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbe6f',
    500: '#9ba42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ba42e;
$custom-light: #bcbe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ba42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.576,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68978,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BA42E

secondary

#746EC0

accent

#48DF54

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BA42E

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

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