#9CA536#9CA536

#9CA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.133 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA536
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -17.79, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 56.86, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0537 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.133 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8320, 34.2451, 8.6331)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA536 #3F36A5

analogous

#A57636 #9CA536 #64A536

triadic

#9CA536 #369CA5 #A5369C

tetradic

#9CA536 #36A576 #3F36A5 #A53664

square

#9CA536 #36A576 #3F36A5 #A53664

split-complementary

#9CA536 #3664A5 #7636A5

monochromatic

#454918 #707727 #9CA536 #BDC652 #CED580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9CA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#9CA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA536

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA536	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)

#B19D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.133 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf73',
    500: '#9ca536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca536;
$custom-light: #bcbf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69351,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA536

secondary

#7E78BF

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA536

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

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