#9CA237#9CA237

#9CA237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.129 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA237
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -16.18, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 55.15, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0491 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.129 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3210, 33.1850, 8.5798)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA237 #3D37A2

analogous

#A27237 #9CA237 #67A237

triadic

#9CA237 #379CA2 #A2379C

tetradic

#9CA237 #37A272 #3D37A2 #A23767

square

#9CA237 #37A272 #3D37A2 #A23767

split-complementary

#9CA237 #3767A2 #7237A2

monochromatic

#444718 #707427 #9CA237 #BEC452 #CFD480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9CA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#9CA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA237

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA237	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.129 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd74',
    500: '#9ca237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca237;
$custom-light: #bcbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.364,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68676,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA237

secondary

#7C78BD

accent

#4FD957

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA237

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

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