#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
RGBrgb(156, 160, 30)
HSLhsl(62, 68%, 37%)
HSVhsv(62, 81%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(2.5%, 0%, 81.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.59, -16.36, 60.84)
CIE-LCHlch(63.59, 63.00, 105.05°)
OKLaboklab(68.05% -0.0519 0.1318)
OKLCHoklch(68.05% 0.142 111.5)
XYZxyz(26.5164, 32.3040, 6.0665)
Luminance0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##9CA01E1.002.817.467.46
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4621.001.001.00
##0000007.4621.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

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#9CA01E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva