#9CA437#9CA437

#9CA437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.131 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA437
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -17.21, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 56.02, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.052 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.131 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6761, 33.8952, 8.6982)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA437 #3F37A4

analogous

#A47637 #9CA437 #65A437

triadic

#9CA437 #379CA4 #A4379C

tetradic

#9CA437 #37A476 #3F37A4 #A43765

square

#9CA437 #37A476 #3F37A4 #A43765

split-complementary

#9CA437 #3765A4 #7637A4

monochromatic

#454818 #707628 #9CA437 #BDC553 #CED581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9CA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#9CA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA437

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA437	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)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.131 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbe74',
    500: '#9ca437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca437;
$custom-light: #bcbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.404,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69131,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA437

secondary

#7E79BE

accent

#4FD959

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA437

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

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