#9CA11B#9CA11B

#9CA11B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.144 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA11B
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -16.98, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 64.17, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0538 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.144 112)
XYZ	xyz(26.6540, 32.6375, 5.9323)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA11B #201BA1

analogous

#A1631B #9CA11B #59A11B

triadic

#9CA11B #1B9CA1 #A11B9C

tetradic

#9CA11B #1BA163 #201BA1 #A11B59

square

#9CA11B #1BA163 #201BA1 #A11B59

split-complementary

#9CA11B #1B59A1 #631BA1

monochromatic

#363809 #696D12 #9CA11B #CFD524 #DDE254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9CA11B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#9CA11B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA11B

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA11B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA11B	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca11b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.144 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbc66',
    500: '#9ca11b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca11b;
$custom-light: #bdbc66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca11b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.239,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68269,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.32637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA11B

secondary

#5752C5

accent

#3AEE41

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA11B

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

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