#9CA222#9CA222

#9CA222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.142 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA222
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -17.25, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 62.62, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.054 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.142 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9203, 33.0247, 6.4694)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA222 #2822A2

analogous

#A26822 #9CA222 #5CA222

triadic

#9CA222 #229CA2 #A2229C

tetradic

#9CA222 #22A268 #2822A2 #A2225C

square

#9CA222 #22A268 #2822A2 #A2225C

split-complementary

#9CA222 #225CA2 #6822A2

monochromatic

#3B3D0D #6B6F17 #9CA222 #CBD32E #D8DE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9CA222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#9CA222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA222

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA222	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.142 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbd69',
    500: '#9ca222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca222;
$custom-light: #bdbd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.813,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68531,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA222

secondary

#625DC3

accent

#40E847

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA222

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

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