#9CA231#9CA231

#9CA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.133 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA231
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -16.54, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 57.52, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0507 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.133 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1858, 33.1310, 7.8680)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA231 #3731A2

analogous

#A27031 #9CA231 #64A231

triadic

#9CA231 #319CA2 #A2319C

tetradic

#9CA231 #31A270 #3731A2 #A23164

square

#9CA231 #31A270 #3731A2 #A23164

split-complementary

#9CA231 #3164A2 #7031A2

monochromatic

#424415 #6F7323 #9CA231 #C1C848 #D1D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9CA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#9CA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA231

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA231	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.133 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd70',
    500: '#9ca231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca231;
$custom-light: #bcbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.186,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68627,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA231

secondary

#7571BE

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA231

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

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