#9CA533#9CA533

#9CA533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.135 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA533
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 69.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -17.97, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 58.03, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0545 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.135 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7637, 34.2177, 8.2735)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA533 #3C33A5

analogous

#A57533 #9CA533 #63A533

triadic

#9CA533 #339CA5 #A5339C

tetradic

#9CA533 #33A575 #3C33A5 #A53363

square

#9CA533 #33A575 #3C33A5 #A53363

split-complementary

#9CA533 #3363A5 #7533A5

monochromatic

#444816 #707625 #9CA533 #BEC84D #CFD67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9CA533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#9CA533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA533

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA533	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)

#B19D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.135 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf72',
    500: '#9ca533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca533;
$custom-light: #bcbf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69327,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA533

secondary

#7A75BF

accent

#4CDC57

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA533

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

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