#9CA03B#9CA03B

#9CA03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.123 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA03B
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 63.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -14.89, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 52.61, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.045 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.123 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0713, 32.5259, 8.9889)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA03B #3F3BA0

analogous

#A0713B #9CA03B #69A03B

triadic

#9CA03B #3B9CA0 #A03B9C

tetradic

#9CA03B #3BA071 #3F3BA0 #A03B69

square

#9CA03B #3BA071 #3F3BA0 #A03B69

split-complementary

#9CA03B #3B69A0 #713BA0

monochromatic

#45471A #70732B #9CA03B #BDC157 #CED284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#9CA03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#9CA03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA03B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA03B	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)

#AC992E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.123 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbb76',
    500: '#9ca03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca03b;
$custom-light: #bcbb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.376,
    "s": 46.119,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68258,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA03B

secondary

#7E7BBC

accent

#52D657

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA03B

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

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