#9CA338#9CA338

#9CA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA338
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -16.64, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 55.18, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0503 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.129 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5221, 33.5484, 8.7663)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA338 #3F38A3

analogous

#A37438 #9CA338 #67A338

triadic

#9CA338 #389CA3 #A3389C

tetradic

#9CA338 #38A374 #3F38A3 #A33867

square

#9CA338 #38A374 #3F38A3 #A33867

split-complementary

#9CA338 #3867A3 #7438A3

monochromatic

#454819 #707528 #9CA338 #BDC454 #CED482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9CA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#9CA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA338

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA338	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbe74',
    500: '#9ca338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca338;
$custom-light: #bcbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.925,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68912,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA338

secondary

#7E79BD

accent

#4FD858

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA338

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

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