#9CA225#9CA225

#9CA225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.140 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA225
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -17.13, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 61.70, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0535 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.14 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9655, 33.0428, 6.7073)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA225 #2B25A2

analogous

#A26A25 #9CA225 #5EA225

triadic

#9CA225 #259CA2 #A2259C

tetradic

#9CA225 #25A26A #2B25A2 #A2255E

square

#9CA225 #25A26A #2B25A2 #A2255E

split-complementary

#9CA225 #255EA2 #6A25A2

monochromatic

#3C3E0E #6C701A #9CA225 #C9D134 #D6DC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9CA225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#9CA225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA225

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA225	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.140 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbd6a',
    500: '#9ca225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca225;
$custom-light: #bdbd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68547,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA225

secondary

#6661C2

accent

#42E64A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA225

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

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