#9CA021#9CA021

#9CA021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.140 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA021
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -16.26, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 62.15, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0514 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.14 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5566, 32.3200, 6.2780)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA021 #2521A0

analogous

#A06521 #9CA021 #5CA021

triadic

#9CA021 #219CA0 #A0219C

tetradic

#9CA021 #21A065 #2521A0 #A0215C

square

#9CA021 #21A065 #2521A0 #A0215C

split-complementary

#9CA021 #215CA0 #6521A0

monochromatic

#393B0C #6B6D17 #9CA021 #CDD32B #DADE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#9CA021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#9CA021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA021

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA021	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)

#AE9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.140 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbb68',
    500: '#9ca021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca021;
$custom-light: #bdbb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.89,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68069,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA021

secondary

#5E5BC2

accent

#3FE944

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA021

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

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