#9CA440#9CA440

#9CA440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.124 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA440
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -16.60, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 52.23, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0493 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.124 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9118, 33.9895, 9.9398)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA440 #4840A4

analogous

#A47A40 #9CA440 #6AA440

triadic

#9CA440 #409CA4 #A4409C

tetradic

#9CA440 #40A47A #4840A4 #A4406A

square

#9CA440 #40A47A #4840A4 #A4406A

split-complementary

#9CA440 #406AA4 #7A40A4

monochromatic

#484C1E #72782F #9CA440 #B9C160 #CDD28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9CA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#9CA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA440

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA440	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.124 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbe79',
    500: '#9ca440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca440;
$custom-light: #bcbe79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69215,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA440

secondary

#8783BD

accent

#54D45E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA440

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

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