#9CA233#9CA233

#9CA233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.132 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA233
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 68.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -16.43, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 56.75, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0502 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.132 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2290, 33.1482, 8.0952)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA233 #3933A2

analogous

#A27133 #9CA233 #65A233

triadic

#9CA233 #339CA2 #A2339C

tetradic

#9CA233 #33A271 #3933A2 #A23365

square

#9CA233 #33A271 #3933A2 #A23365

split-complementary

#9CA233 #3365A2 #7133A2

monochromatic

#424516 #6F7324 #9CA233 #C0C74C #D0D57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9CA233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#9CA233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA233

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA233	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)

#AE9A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.132 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd71',
    500: '#9ca233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca233;
$custom-light: #bcbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68643,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA233

secondary

#7773BE

accent

#4CDC54

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA233

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

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