#9CA42E#9CA42E

#9CA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.137 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA42E
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -17.73, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 59.47, 107.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0543 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.137 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4797, 33.8167, 7.6639)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA42E #362EA4

analogous

#A4712E #9CA42E #61A42E

triadic

#9CA42E #2E9CA4 #A42E9C

tetradic

#9CA42E #2EA471 #362EA4 #A42E61

square

#9CA42E #2EA471 #362EA4 #A42E61

split-complementary

#9CA42E #2E61A4 #712EA4

monochromatic

#414413 #6F7421 #9CA42E #C2CB45 #D1D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9CA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#9CA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA42E

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA42E	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)

#B09C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.137 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbe6f',
    500: '#9ca42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca42e;
$custom-light: #bcbe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69061,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA42E

secondary

#746EC0

accent

#48DF53

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA42E

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

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