#9CA040#9CA040

#9CA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.119 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA040
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -14.53, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 50.42, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0435 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.119 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2072, 32.5803, 9.7049)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA040 #4440A0

analogous

#A07440 #9CA040 #6CA040

triadic

#9CA040 #409CA0 #A0409C

tetradic

#9CA040 #40A074 #4440A0 #A0406C

square

#9CA040 #40A074 #4440A0 #A0406C

split-complementary

#9CA040 #406CA0 #7440A0

monochromatic

#47491D #71742F #9CA040 #BBBF5E #CDD08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9CA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#9CA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA040

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA040	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.119 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbb79',
    500: '#9ca040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca040;
$custom-light: #bcbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68308,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA040

secondary

#8381BB

accent

#55D35A

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA040

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

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