#9CA428#9CA428

#9CA428 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.141 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA428
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 40)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -18.02, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 61.54, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0557 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.141 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3696, 33.7726, 7.0841)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA428 #3028A4

analogous

#A46E28 #9CA428 #5EA428

triadic

#9CA428 #289CA4 #A4289C

tetradic

#9CA428 #28A46E #3028A4 #A4285E

square

#9CA428 #28A46E #3028A4 #A4285E

split-complementary

#9CA428 #285EA4 #6E28A4

monochromatic

#3E4210 #6D731C #9CA428 #C5CF3A #D4DB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9CA428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9CA428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA428

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA428	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)

#B19C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.141 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbe6c',
    500: '#9ca428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca428;
$custom-light: #bdbe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69022,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA428

secondary

#6C66C1

accent

#44E44E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA428

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

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