#9CA522#9CA522

#9CA522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.145 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA522
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -18.78, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 63.79, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0583 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.145 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4550, 34.0943, 6.6476)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA522 #2B22A5

analogous

#A56D22 #9CA522 #5BA522

triadic

#9CA522 #229CA5 #A5229C

tetradic

#9CA522 #22A56D #2B22A5 #A5225B

square

#9CA522 #22A56D #2B22A5 #A5225B

split-complementary

#9CA522 #225BA5 #6D22A5

monochromatic

#3C400D #6C7218 #9CA522 #C9D430 #D6DF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9CA522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#9CA522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA522

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA522	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)

#B19F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.145 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf6a',
    500: '#9ca522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca522;
$custom-light: #bdbf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.122,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69217,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA522

secondary

#665FC4

accent

#3FE94B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA522

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

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