#9CA235#9CA235

#9CA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.130 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA235
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -16.31, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 55.96, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0497 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.13 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2740, 33.1662, 8.3325)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA235 #3B35A2

analogous

#A27235 #9CA235 #65A235

triadic

#9CA235 #359CA2 #A2359C

tetradic

#9CA235 #35A272 #3B35A2 #A23565

square

#9CA235 #35A272 #3B35A2 #A23565

split-complementary

#9CA235 #3565A2 #7235A2

monochromatic

#434617 #707426 #9CA235 #BFC54F #D0D47D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9CA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#9CA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA235

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA235	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)

#AE9B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd73',
    500: '#9ca235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca235;
$custom-light: #bcbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.303,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68659,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA235

secondary

#7975BD

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA235

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

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