#9CA01E#9CA01E
#9CA01E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.142 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA01E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 160, 30) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 68%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 81%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 81.3%, 37.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.59, -16.36, 60.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.59, 63.00, 105.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.05% -0.0519 0.1318) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.05% 0.142 111.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.5164, 32.3040, 6.0665) |
| Luminance | 0.3230 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.75
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 2.63
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.80
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.14
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.44
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 4.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA01E #221EA0
analogous
#A0631E #9CA01E #5BA01E
triadic
#9CA01E #1E9CA0 #A01E9C
tetradic
#9CA01E #1EA063 #221EA0 #A01E5B
square
#9CA01E #1EA063 #221EA0 #A01E5B
split-complementary
#9CA01E #1E5BA0 #631EA0
monochromatic
#38390B #6A6C14 #9CA01E #CED428 #DCE059
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.81
#9CA01E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.46
#9CA01E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA01E
7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA01E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA01E | 1.00 | 2.81 | 7.46 | 7.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.81 | 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)
#AE9C2B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A79689
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca01e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 30); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.142 111.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdbb67',
500: '#9ca01e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca01e; $custom-light: #bdbb67; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca01e",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 160,
"b": 30
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.846,
"s": 68.421,
"l": 37.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68055,
"c": 0.14166,
"h": 111.5
},
"luminance": 0.32303
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA01E
secondary
#5A56C4
accent
#3DEB42
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A