#9CA535#9CA535

#9CA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.134 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA535
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -17.85, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 57.25, 108.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.054 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.134 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8088, 34.2358, 8.5107)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA535 #3E35A5

analogous

#A57635 #9CA535 #64A535

triadic

#9CA535 #359CA5 #A5359C

tetradic

#9CA535 #35A576 #3E35A5 #A53564

square

#9CA535 #35A576 #3E35A5 #A53564

split-complementary

#9CA535 #3564A5 #7635A5

monochromatic

#444817 #707726 #9CA535 #BDC750 #CFD67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9CA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#9CA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA535

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA535	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.134 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf73',
    500: '#9ca535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca535;
$custom-light: #bcbf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.821,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69343,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA535

secondary

#7D77BF

accent

#4DDB58

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA535

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

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