#9CA429#9CA429

#9CA429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.140 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA429
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -17.97, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 61.21, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0555 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.14 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3868, 33.7795, 7.1748)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA429 #3129A4

analogous

#A46E29 #9CA429 #5FA429

triadic

#9CA429 #299CA4 #A4299C

tetradic

#9CA429 #29A46E #3129A4 #A4295F

square

#9CA429 #29A46E #3129A4 #A4295F

split-complementary

#9CA429 #295FA4 #6E29A4

monochromatic

#3F4211 #6D731D #9CA429 #C5CE3C #D3DA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9CA429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#9CA429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA429

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA429	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.140 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbe6d',
    500: '#9ca429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca429;
$custom-light: #bdbe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.902,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA429

secondary

#6D68C1

accent

#45E34F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA429

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

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