#9CA421#9CA421

#9CA421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.144 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA421
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -18.31, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 63.69, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0571 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.144 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2612, 33.7293, 6.5129)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA421 #2921A4

analogous

#A46A21 #9CA421 #5AA421

triadic

#9CA421 #219CA4 #A4219C

tetradic

#9CA421 #21A46A #2921A4 #A4215A

square

#9CA421 #21A46A #2921A4 #A4215A

split-complementary

#9CA421 #215AA4 #6A21A4

monochromatic

#3B3E0C #6C7117 #9CA421 #CBD52D #D7DF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9CA421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9CA421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA421

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA421	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.144 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbe69',
    500: '#9ca421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca421;
$custom-light: #bdbe69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.664,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68983,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA421

secondary

#635DC4

accent

#3EE949

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA421

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

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