#9CA038#9CA038

#9CA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.126 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA038
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -15.09, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 53.88, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0459 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.126 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9957, 32.4957, 8.5908)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA038 #3C38A0

analogous

#A07038 #9CA038 #68A038

triadic

#9CA038 #389CA0 #A0389C

tetradic

#9CA038 #38A070 #3C38A0 #A03868

square

#9CA038 #38A070 #3C38A0 #A03868

split-complementary

#9CA038 #3868A0 #7038A0

monochromatic

#444518 #707328 #9CA038 #BEC353 #CFD380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#9CA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#9CA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA038

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA038	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.126 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbb74',
    500: '#9ca038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca038;
$custom-light: #bcbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68231,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA038

secondary

#7A78BC

accent

#50D855

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA038

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

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