#9CA22F#9CA22F
#9CA22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.134 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA22F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 162, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 55%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 71%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 71%, 36.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.25, -16.65, 55.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.25, 58.27, 106.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.61% -0.0512 0.1243) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.61% 0.134 112.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.1446, 33.1144, 7.6506) |
| Luminance | 0.3311 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.84
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.19
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.72
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.95
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 3.95
Vomit Green
#89A203
ΔE00 4.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA22F #352FA2
analogous
#A26E2F #9CA22F #62A22F
triadic
#9CA22F #2F9CA2 #A22F9C
tetradic
#9CA22F #2FA26E #352FA2 #A22F62
square
#9CA22F #2FA26E #352FA2 #A22F62
split-complementary
#9CA22F #2F62A2 #6E2FA2
monochromatic
#414313 #6E7321 #9CA22F #C2C945 #D2D775
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#9CA22F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.62
#9CA22F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA22F
7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA22F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA22F | 1.00 | 2.75 | 7.62 | 7.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.75 | 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)
#AE9A1B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A7988B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca22f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.134 112.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcbd6f',
500: '#9ca22f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca22f; $custom-light: #bcbd6f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca22f",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 162,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.13,
"s": 55.024,
"l": 40.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68612,
"c": 0.13442,
"h": 112.4
},
"luminance": 0.33114
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA22F
secondary
#726EBF
accent
#49DE51
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F6ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B