#9CA42A#9CA42A

#9CA42A 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	#9CA42A
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -17.93, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 60.87, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0553 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.14 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4045, 33.7866, 7.2679)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA42A #322AA4

analogous

#A46F2A #9CA42A #5FA42A

triadic

#9CA42A #2A9CA4 #A42A9C

tetradic

#9CA42A #2AA46F #322AA4 #A42A5F

square

#9CA42A #2AA46F #322AA4 #A42A5F

split-complementary

#9CA42A #2A5FA4 #6F2AA4

monochromatic

#3F4311 #6E731E #9CA42A #C4CD3E #D3DA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9CA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#9CA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA42A

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA42A	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)

#B09C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.140 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbe6d',
    500: '#9ca42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca42a;
$custom-light: #bdbe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.934,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69034,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA42A

secondary

#6F69C1

accent

#45E250

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA42A

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

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