#9CA22D#9CA22D

#9CA22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.136 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA22D
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 72.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -16.76, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 59.00, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0517 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.136 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1051, 33.0987, 7.4430)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA22D #332DA2

analogous

#A26D2D #9CA22D #61A22D

triadic

#9CA22D #2D9CA2 #A22D9C

tetradic

#9CA22D #2DA26D #332DA2 #A22D61

square

#9CA22D #2DA26D #332DA2 #A22D61

split-complementary

#9CA22D #2D61A2 #6D2DA2

monochromatic

#404212 #6E7220 #9CA22D #C3CA42 #D3D872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9CA22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#9CA22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA22D

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA22D	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)

#AE9A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.136 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd6e',
    500: '#9ca22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca22d;
$custom-light: #bcbd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68598,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA22D

secondary

#706CBF

accent

#48E050

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA22D

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

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