#9CA529#9CA529

#9CA529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.141 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA529
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -18.48, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 61.61, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0569 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.141 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5665, 34.1389, 7.2347)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA529 #3229A5

analogous

#A57029 #9CA529 #5EA529

triadic

#9CA529 #299CA5 #A5299C

tetradic

#9CA529 #29A570 #3229A5 #A5295E

square

#9CA529 #29A570 #3229A5 #A5295E

split-complementary

#9CA529 #295EA5 #7029A5

monochromatic

#3F4311 #6E741D #9CA529 #C4CF3D #D3DB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9CA529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#9CA529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA529

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA529	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.141 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbf6d',
    500: '#9ca529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca529;
$custom-light: #bdbf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.355,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69257,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA529

secondary

#6F68C2

accent

#44E350

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA529

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

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