#9CA12B#9CA12B

#9CA12B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.136 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA12B
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 73.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -16.34, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 59.30, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0508 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.136 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8921, 32.7327, 7.1865)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA12B #302BA1

analogous

#A16B2B #9CA12B #61A12B

triadic

#9CA12B #2B9CA1 #A12B9C

tetradic

#9CA12B #2BA16B #302BA1 #A12B61

square

#9CA12B #2BA16B #302BA1 #A12B61

split-complementary

#9CA12B #2B61A1 #6B2BA1

monochromatic

#3E4011 #6D711E #9CA12B #C5CB3E #D4D86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#9CA12B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#9CA12B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA12B

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA12B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA12B	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7978A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca12b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.136 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbc6d',
    500: '#9ca12b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca12b;
$custom-light: #bcbc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca12b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.542,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68356,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA12B

secondary

#6C69BF

accent

#47E14D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA12B

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

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