#9CA42F#9CA42F

#9CA42F 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	#9CA42F
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -17.68, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 59.10, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0541 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.137 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4997, 33.8247, 7.7690)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA42F #372FA4

analogous

#A4722F #9CA42F #62A42F

triadic

#9CA42F #2F9CA4 #A42F9C

tetradic

#9CA42F #2FA472 #372FA4 #A42F62

square

#9CA42F #2FA472 #372FA4 #A42F62

split-complementary

#9CA42F #2F62A4 #722FA4

monochromatic

#424514 #6F7421 #9CA42F #C1CA46 #D1D876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9CA42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#9CA42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA42F

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA42F	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	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)

#B09C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.137 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbe70',
    500: '#9ca42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca42f;
$custom-light: #bcbe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.103,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69068,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA42F

secondary

#756FC0

accent

#49DF53

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA42F

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

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