#9CA229#9CA229

#9CA229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.138 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA229
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -16.95, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 60.40, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0526 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.138 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0317, 33.0693, 7.0564)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA229 #2F29A2

analogous

#A26B29 #9CA229 #60A229

triadic

#9CA229 #299CA2 #A2299C

tetradic

#9CA229 #29A26B #2F29A2 #A22960

square

#9CA229 #29A26B #2F29A2 #A22960

split-complementary

#9CA229 #2960A2 #6B29A2

monochromatic

#3E4010 #6D711D #9CA229 #C6CD3B #D4DA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9CA229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#9CA229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA229

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA229	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)

#AF9A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.138 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbd6c',
    500: '#9ca229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca229;
$custom-light: #bdbd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.975,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68571,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA229

secondary

#6B67C0

accent

#45E34D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA229

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

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