#9CA236#9CA236

#9CA236 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	#9CA236
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -16.25, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 55.56, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0494 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.13 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2973, 33.1755, 8.4549)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA236 #3C36A2

analogous

#A27236 #9CA236 #66A236

triadic

#9CA236 #369CA2 #A2369C

tetradic

#9CA236 #36A272 #3C36A2 #A23666

square

#9CA236 #36A272 #3C36A2 #A23666

split-complementary

#9CA236 #3666A2 #7236A2

monochromatic

#444617 #707427 #9CA236 #BEC550 #CFD47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9CA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#9CA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA236

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA236	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)

#AE9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd73',
    500: '#9ca236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca236;
$custom-light: #bcbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68667,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA236

secondary

#7A77BD

accent

#4EDA56

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA236

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

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