#9CA022#9CA022

#9CA022 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	#9CA022
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -16.22, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 61.85, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0512 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.14 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5708, 32.3257, 6.3529)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA022 #2622A0

analogous

#A06522 #9CA022 #5DA022

triadic

#9CA022 #229CA0 #A0229C

tetradic

#9CA022 #22A065 #2622A0 #A0225D

square

#9CA022 #22A065 #2622A0 #A0225D

split-complementary

#9CA022 #225DA0 #6522A0

monochromatic

#3A3B0D #6B6E17 #9CA022 #CDD22D #D9DD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#9CA022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#9CA022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA022

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA022	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: #9ca022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.140 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbb69',
    500: '#9ca022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca022;
$custom-light: #bdbb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68075,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA022

secondary

#5F5CC2

accent

#40E845

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA022

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

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