#9CA117#9CA117

#9CA117 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.145 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA117
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -17.09, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 65.12, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0544 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.145 112)
XYZ	xyz(26.6108, 32.6202, 5.7050)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA117 #1C17A1

analogous

#A16117 #9CA117 #57A117

triadic

#9CA117 #179CA1 #A1179C

tetradic

#9CA117 #17A161 #1C17A1 #A11757

square

#9CA117 #17A161 #1C17A1 #A11757

split-complementary

#9CA117 #1757A1 #6117A1

monochromatic

#343608 #686B0F #9CA117 #D0D71F #E0E64D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9CA117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#9CA117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA117

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA117	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)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.145 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbc65',
    500: '#9ca117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca117;
$custom-light: #bdbc65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68254,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.3262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA117

secondary

#514CC7

accent

#36F23D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131206

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA117

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

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