#9CA227#9CA227

#9CA227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.139 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA227
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -17.04, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 61.06, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0531 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.139 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9977, 33.0557, 6.8773)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA227 #2D27A2

analogous

#A26B27 #9CA227 #5FA227

triadic

#9CA227 #279CA2 #A2279C

tetradic

#9CA227 #27A26B #2D27A2 #A2275F

square

#9CA227 #27A26B #2D27A2 #A2275F

split-complementary

#9CA227 #275FA2 #6B27A2

monochromatic

#3D3F0F #6D711B #9CA227 #C8CF37 #D5DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9CA227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#9CA227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA227

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA227	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)

#AF9A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.139 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbd6b',
    500: '#9ca227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca227;
$custom-light: #bdbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68559,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA227

secondary

#6864C1

accent

#43E44B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA227

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

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