#9CA12F#9CA12F
#9CA12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.133 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA12F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 161, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 55%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 71%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 70.8%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.97, -16.14, 55.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.97, 57.85, 106.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.38% -0.0498 0.1237) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.38% 0.133 111.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.9691, 32.7635, 7.5921) |
| Luminance | 0.3276 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.86
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.47
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.56
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.81
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.97
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 4.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA12F #342FA1
analogous
#A16D2F #9CA12F #63A12F
triadic
#9CA12F #2F9CA1 #A12F9C
tetradic
#9CA12F #2FA16D #342FA1 #A12F63
square
#9CA12F #2FA16D #342FA1 #A12F63
split-complementary
#9CA12F #2F63A1 #6D2FA1
monochromatic
#404213 #6E7221 #9CA12F #C3C945 #D2D674
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.78
#9CA12F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.55
#9CA12F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA12F
7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA12F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA12F | 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)
#AD9A1C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9C38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7978B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca12f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.133 111.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcbc6f',
500: '#9ca12f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca12f; $custom-light: #bcbc6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca12f",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 161,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.632,
"s": 54.808,
"l": 40.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68384,
"c": 0.13333,
"h": 111.9
},
"luminance": 0.32763
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA12F
secondary
#716EBE
accent
#4ADE50
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F6ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B