#9CA43B#9CA43B

#9CA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.128 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA43B
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 64%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -16.95, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 54.37, 108.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0508 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.128 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7759, 33.9351, 9.2238)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA43B #433BA4

analogous

#A4773B #9CA43B #67A43B

triadic

#9CA43B #3B9CA4 #A43B9C

tetradic

#9CA43B #3BA477 #433BA4 #A43B67

square

#9CA43B #3BA477 #433BA4 #A43B67

split-complementary

#9CA43B #3B67A4 #773BA4

monochromatic

#464A1B #71772B #9CA43B #BBC359 #CED386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9CA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#9CA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA43B

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA43B	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.128 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbe76',
    500: '#9ca43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca43b;
$custom-light: #bcbe76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.571,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69167,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA43B

secondary

#827DBE

accent

#51D75B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA43B

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

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