#9CA242#9CA242

#9CA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA242
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -15.41, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 50.43, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0458 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.12 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6147, 33.3025, 10.1265)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA242 #4842A2

analogous

#A27842 #9CA242 #6CA242

triadic

#9CA242 #429CA2 #A2429C

tetradic

#9CA242 #42A278 #4842A2 #A2426C

square

#9CA242 #42A278 #4842A2 #A2426C

split-complementary

#9CA242 #426CA2 #7842A2

monochromatic

#484B1F #727730 #9CA242 #B9BF62 #CDD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9CA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#9CA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA242

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA242	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)

#AD9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbd7a',
    500: '#9ca242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca242;
$custom-light: #bbbd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68782,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA242

secondary

#8784BC

accent

#56D25E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA242

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

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