#9CA22E#9CA22E

#9CA22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.135 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA22E
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 71.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -16.70, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 58.64, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0515 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.135 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1246, 33.1065, 7.5456)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA22E #342EA2

analogous

#A26E2E #9CA22E #62A22E

triadic

#9CA22E #2E9CA2 #A22E9C

tetradic

#9CA22E #2EA26E #342EA2 #A22E62

square

#9CA22E #2EA26E #342EA2 #A22E62

split-complementary

#9CA22E #2E62A2 #6E2EA2

monochromatic

#404313 #6E7220 #9CA22E #C3CA43 #D2D773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#9CA22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#9CA22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA22E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA22E	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)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.135 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd6f',
    500: '#9ca22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca22e;
$custom-light: #bcbd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68605,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA22E

secondary

#716DBF

accent

#49DF50

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA22E

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

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