#9CA01B#9CA01B

#9CA01B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.143 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA01B
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -16.46, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 63.80, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0524 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.143 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4799, 32.2894, 5.8743)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA01B #1F1BA0

analogous

#A0621B #9CA01B #59A01B

triadic

#9CA01B #1B9CA0 #A01B9C

tetradic

#9CA01B #1BA062 #1F1BA0 #A01B59

square

#9CA01B #1BA062 #1F1BA0 #A01B59

split-complementary

#9CA01B #1B59A0 #621BA0

monochromatic

#363709 #696C12 #9CA01B #CFD424 #DEE253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#9CA01B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#9CA01B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA01B

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA01B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA01B	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca01b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.143 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbb66',
    500: '#9ca01b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca01b;
$custom-light: #bdbb66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca01b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68041,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA01B

secondary

#5552C5

accent

#3AEE3F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA01B

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

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