#9CA240#9CA240

#9CA240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA240
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -15.57, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 51.32, 107.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0464 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.121 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5567, 33.2793, 9.8214)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA240 #4640A2

analogous

#A27740 #9CA240 #6BA240

triadic

#9CA240 #409CA2 #A2409C

tetradic

#9CA240 #40A277 #4640A2 #A2406B

square

#9CA240 #40A277 #4640A2 #A2406B

split-complementary

#9CA240 #406BA2 #7740A2

monochromatic

#484A1D #72762F #9CA240 #BAC05F #CDD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9CA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#9CA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA240

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA240	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbd79',
    500: '#9ca240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca240;
$custom-light: #bcbd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68761,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA240

secondary

#8582BC

accent

#55D35C

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA240

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

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