#9CA23D#9CA23D

#9CA23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.124 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA23D
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 62.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -15.78, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 52.63, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0473 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.124 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4737, 33.2461, 9.3838)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA23D #433DA2

analogous

#A2753D #9CA23D #69A23D

triadic

#9CA23D #3D9CA2 #A23D9C

tetradic

#9CA23D #3DA275 #433DA2 #A23D69

square

#9CA23D #3DA275 #433DA2 #A23D69

split-complementary

#9CA23D #3D69A2 #753DA2

monochromatic

#46491C #71762C #9CA23D #BBC15B #CED287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9CA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9CA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA23D

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA23D	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.124 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd77',
    500: '#9ca23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca23d;
$custom-light: #bcbd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.564,
    "s": 45.291,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68731,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA23D

secondary

#827EBC

accent

#53D55B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA23D

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

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