#9CA422#9CA422

#9CA422 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	#9CA422
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 34)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -18.27, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 63.40, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0569 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.144 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2754, 33.7349, 6.5877)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA422 #2A22A4

analogous

#A46B22 #9CA422 #5BA422

triadic

#9CA422 #229CA4 #A4229C

tetradic

#9CA422 #22A46B #2A22A4 #A4225B

square

#9CA422 #22A46B #2A22A4 #A4225B

split-complementary

#9CA422 #225BA4 #6B22A4

monochromatic

#3C3F0D #6C7117 #9CA422 #CAD42F #D7DE62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9CA422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9CA422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA422

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA422	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)

#B19E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.144 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbe69',
    500: '#9ca422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca422;
$custom-light: #bdbe69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68988,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA422

secondary

#655EC4

accent

#3FE94A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA422

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

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