#9CA442#9CA442

#9CA442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA442
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -16.45, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 51.35, 108.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0487 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.122 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9698, 34.0127, 10.2449)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA442 #4A42A4

analogous

#A47B42 #9CA442 #6BA442

triadic

#9CA442 #429CA4 #A4429C

tetradic

#9CA442 #42A47B #4A42A4 #A4426B

square

#9CA442 #42A47B #4A42A4 #A4426B

split-complementary

#9CA442 #426BA4 #7B42A4

monochromatic

#494D1F #727830 #9CA442 #B9C063 #CCD28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9CA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#9CA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA442

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA442	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)

#AF9D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe7a',
    500: '#9ca442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca442;
$custom-light: #bbbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69236,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA442

secondary

#8985BD

accent

#55D260

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA442

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

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