#9CA12A#9CA12A

#9CA12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.136 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA12A
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 73.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -16.39, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 59.65, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.051 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.136 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8740, 32.7255, 7.0910)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA12A #2F2AA1

analogous

#A16B2A #9CA12A #61A12A

triadic

#9CA12A #2A9CA1 #A12A9C

tetradic

#9CA12A #2AA16B #2F2AA1 #A12A61

square

#9CA12A #2AA16B #2F2AA1 #A12A61

split-complementary

#9CA12A #2A61A1 #6B2AA1

monochromatic

#3E4011 #6D701D #9CA12A #C6CC3C #D4D96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#9CA12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#9CA12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA12A

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA12A	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7978A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.136 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbc6d',
    500: '#9ca12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca12a;
$custom-light: #bdbc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.521,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6835,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA12A

secondary

#6B67C0

accent

#46E24D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA12A

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

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