#9CA531#9CA531

#9CA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.136 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA531
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -18.08, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 58.79, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.055 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.136 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7206, 34.2005, 8.0462)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA531 #3A31A5

analogous

#A57431 #9CA531 #62A531

triadic

#9CA531 #319CA5 #A5319C

tetradic

#9CA531 #31A574 #3A31A5 #A53162

square

#9CA531 #31A574 #3A31A5 #A53162

split-complementary

#9CA531 #3162A5 #7431A5

monochromatic

#434715 #6F7623 #9CA531 #BFC94A #D0D779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9CA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#9CA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA531

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA531	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.136 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf71',
    500: '#9ca531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca531;
$custom-light: #bcbf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.655,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69311,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA531

secondary

#7872C0

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA531

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

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