#9CA342#9CA342

#9CA342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA342
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -15.93, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 50.89, 108.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0472 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.121 113)
XYZ	xyz(27.7915, 33.6562, 10.1855)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA342 #4942A3

analogous

#A37A42 #9CA342 #6BA342

triadic

#9CA342 #429CA3 #A3429C

tetradic

#9CA342 #42A37A #4942A3 #A3426B

square

#9CA342 #42A37A #4942A3 #A3426B

split-complementary

#9CA342 #426BA3 #7A42A3

monochromatic

#494C1F #727730 #9CA342 #B9C063 #CCD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9CA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#9CA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA342

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA342	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe7a',
    500: '#9ca342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca342;
$custom-light: #bbbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.33,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69009,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.33656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA342

secondary

#8884BC

accent

#56D25F

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA342

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

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