#9CA22B#9CA22B

#9CA22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.137 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA22B
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -16.86, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 59.71, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0522 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.137 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0675, 33.0836, 7.2450)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA22B #312BA2

analogous

#A26C2B #9CA22B #61A22B

triadic

#9CA22B #2B9CA2 #A22B9C

tetradic

#9CA22B #2BA26C #312BA2 #A22B61

square

#9CA22B #2BA26C #312BA2 #A22B61

split-complementary

#9CA22B #2B61A2 #6C2BA2

monochromatic

#3F4111 #6D721E #9CA22B #C5CC3E #D3D96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9CA22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#9CA22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA22B

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA22B	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)

#AF9A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.137 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd6d',
    500: '#9ca22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca22b;
$custom-light: #bcbd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.025,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68584,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA22B

secondary

#6D69C0

accent

#47E14E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA22B

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

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