#9CA436#9CA436

#9CA436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.132 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA436
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -17.27, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 56.42, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0523 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.132 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6524, 33.8857, 8.5732)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA436 #3E36A4

analogous

#A47536 #9CA436 #65A436

triadic

#9CA436 #369CA4 #A4369C

tetradic

#9CA436 #36A475 #3E36A4 #A43665

square

#9CA436 #36A475 #3E36A4 #A43665

split-complementary

#9CA436 #3665A4 #7536A4

monochromatic

#444818 #707627 #9CA436 #BDC651 #CFD57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9CA436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#9CA436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA436

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA436	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.132 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbe73',
    500: '#9ca436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca436;
$custom-light: #bcbe73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.364,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69123,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA436

secondary

#7D78BE

accent

#4EDA58

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA436

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

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