#9CA22A#9CA22A

#9CA22A 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 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA22A
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -16.90, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 60.06, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0524 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.138 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0494, 33.0764, 7.1495)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA22A #302AA2

analogous

#A26C2A #9CA22A #60A22A

triadic

#9CA22A #2A9CA2 #A22A9C

tetradic

#9CA22A #2AA26C #302AA2 #A22A60

square

#9CA22A #2AA26C #302AA2 #A22A60

split-complementary

#9CA22A #2A60A2 #6C2AA2

monochromatic

#3E4111 #6D711D #9CA22A #C5CD3D #D4D96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9CA22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#9CA22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA22A

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA22A	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.138 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbd6d',
    500: '#9ca22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca22a;
$custom-light: #bdbd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68578,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA22A

secondary

#6C68C0

accent

#46E24E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA22A

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

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