#9CA016#9CA016

#9CA016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.145 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA016
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -16.61, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 64.98, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0531 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.145 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4269, 32.2682, 5.5952)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA016 #1A16A0

analogous

#A05F16 #9CA016 #57A016

triadic

#9CA016 #169CA0 #A0169C

tetradic

#9CA016 #16A05F #1A16A0 #A01657

square

#9CA016 #16A05F #1A16A0 #A01657

split-complementary

#9CA016 #1657A0 #5F16A0

monochromatic

#333407 #686A0F #9CA016 #D0D61D #E2E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#9CA016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#9CA016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA016

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA016	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.145 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbb64',
    500: '#9ca016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca016;
$custom-light: #bdbb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68022,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA016

secondary

#4E4AC8

accent

#35F23B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA016

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

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