#9CA228#9CA228

#9CA228 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	#9CA228
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -17.00, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 60.73, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0528 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.139 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0145, 33.0624, 6.9657)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA228 #2E28A2

analogous

#A26B28 #9CA228 #5FA228

triadic

#9CA228 #289CA2 #A2289C

tetradic

#9CA228 #28A26B #2E28A2 #A2285F

square

#9CA228 #28A26B #2E28A2 #A2285F

split-complementary

#9CA228 #285FA2 #6B28A2

monochromatic

#3D4010 #6D711C #9CA228 #C7CE39 #D5DA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9CA228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#9CA228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA228

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA228	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)

#AF9A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.139 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbd6c',
    500: '#9ca228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca228;
$custom-light: #bdbd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68565,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA228

secondary

#6A65C1

accent

#44E44C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA228

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

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