#9CA520#9CA520

#9CA520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.146 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA520
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -18.85, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 64.36, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0586 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.146 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4270, 34.0831, 6.5001)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA520 #2920A5

analogous

#A56B20 #9CA520 #59A520

triadic

#9CA520 #209CA5 #A5209C

tetradic

#9CA520 #20A56B #2920A5 #A52059

square

#9CA520 #20A56B #2920A5 #A52059

split-complementary

#9CA520 #2059A5 #6B20A5

monochromatic

#3B3E0C #6C7216 #9CA520 #CBD62C #D7E05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9CA520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#9CA520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA520

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA520	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.146 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf69',
    500: '#9ca520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca520;
$custom-light: #bdbf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.06,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69207,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA520

secondary

#635CC5

accent

#3DEA49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA520

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

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