#9CA230#9CA230

#9CA230 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	#9CA230
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 70.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -16.60, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 57.90, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.051 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.134 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1650, 33.1226, 7.7580)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA230 #3630A2

analogous

#A26F30 #9CA230 #63A230

triadic

#9CA230 #309CA2 #A2309C

tetradic

#9CA230 #30A26F #3630A2 #A23063

square

#9CA230 #30A26F #3630A2 #A23063

split-complementary

#9CA230 #3063A2 #6F30A2

monochromatic

#414414 #6F7322 #9CA230 #C2C847 #D1D676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9CA230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#9CA230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA230

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA230	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)

#AE9A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.134 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd70',
    500: '#9ca230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca230;
$custom-light: #bcbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68619,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA230

secondary

#746FBE

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA230

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

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