#9CA018#9CA018

#9CA018 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.144 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA018
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 24)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 85%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -16.55, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 64.53, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0528 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.144 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4470, 32.2762, 5.7008)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA018 #1C18A0

analogous

#A06018 #9CA018 #58A018

triadic

#9CA018 #189CA0 #A0189C

tetradic

#9CA018 #18A060 #1C18A0 #A01858

square

#9CA018 #18A060 #1C18A0 #A01858

split-complementary

#9CA018 #1858A0 #6018A0

monochromatic

#343608 #686B10 #9CA018 #D0D520 #E0E44E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#9CA018 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#9CA018 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA018

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA018	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA018	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)

#AE9B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca018;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.144 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbb65',
    500: '#9ca018',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca018;
$custom-light: #bdbb65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca018",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68029,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA018

secondary

#514DC6

accent

#37F13D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA018

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

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