#9CA11D#9CA11D

#9CA11D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.143 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA11D
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 29)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 82%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -16.91, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 63.65, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0535 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.143 112)
XYZ	xyz(26.6779, 32.6471, 6.0584)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA11D #221DA1

analogous

#A1641D #9CA11D #5AA11D

triadic

#9CA11D #1D9CA1 #A11D9C

tetradic

#9CA11D #1DA164 #221DA1 #A11D5A

square

#9CA11D #1DA164 #221DA1 #A11D5A

split-complementary

#9CA11D #1D5AA1 #641DA1

monochromatic

#38390A #6A6D14 #9CA11D #CED526 #DCE158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9CA11D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#9CA11D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA11D

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA11D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA11D	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)

#AF9C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca11d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.143 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbc67',
    500: '#9ca11d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca11d;
$custom-light: #bdbc67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca11d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.273,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68278,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.32646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA11D

secondary

#5A55C4

accent

#3CEC42

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA11D

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

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