#9CA023#9CA023
#9CA023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.139 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA023 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 160, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 64%, 38%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 78%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 78.1%, 37.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.62, -16.18, 59.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.62, 61.55, 105.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.08% -0.051 0.1296) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.08% 0.139 111.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.5854, 32.3316, 6.4300) |
| Luminance | 0.3233 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.01
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 2.78
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.08
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.22
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.45
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 4.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA023 #2723A0
analogous
#A06523 #9CA023 #5DA023
triadic
#9CA023 #239CA0 #A0239C
tetradic
#9CA023 #23A065 #2723A0 #A0235D
square
#9CA023 #23A065 #2723A0 #A0235D
split-complementary
#9CA023 #235DA0 #6523A0
monochromatic
#3A3C0D #6B6E18 #9CA023 #CCD12F #D8DC61
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.81
#9CA023 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.47
#9CA023 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA023
7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA023 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA023 | 1.00 | 2.81 | 7.47 | 7.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9800
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9C2E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A79689
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca023; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 35); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.139 111.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdbb69',
500: '#9ca023',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca023; $custom-light: #bdbb69; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca023",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 160,
"b": 35
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.92,
"s": 64.103,
"l": 38.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6808,
"c": 0.13928,
"h": 111.5
},
"luminance": 0.32331
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA023
secondary
#615DC1
accent
#41E746
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#121107
muted
#81807A