#9CA138#9CA138

#9CA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.127 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA138
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -15.60, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 54.31, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0474 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.127 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1698, 32.8438, 8.6489)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA138 #3D38A1

analogous

#A17138 #9CA138 #68A138

triadic

#9CA138 #389CA1 #A1389C

tetradic

#9CA138 #38A171 #3D38A1 #A13868

square

#9CA138 #38A171 #3D38A1 #A13868

split-complementary

#9CA138 #3868A1 #7138A1

monochromatic

#444618 #707428 #9CA138 #BEC353 #CFD380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9CA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#9CA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA138

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA138	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.127 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbc74',
    500: '#9ca138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca138;
$custom-light: #bcbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68457,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA138

secondary

#7C78BC

accent

#50D856

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA138

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

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