#9CA538#9CA538

#9CA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.131 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA538
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -17.66, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 56.06, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0531 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.131 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8800, 34.2642, 8.8856)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA538 #4138A5

analogous

#A57738 #9CA538 #65A538

triadic

#9CA538 #389CA5 #A5389C

tetradic

#9CA538 #38A577 #4138A5 #A53865

square

#9CA538 #38A577 #4138A5 #A53865

split-complementary

#9CA538 #3865A5 #7738A5

monochromatic

#464A19 #717728 #9CA538 #BCC555 #CED583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#9CA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA538

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA538	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.131 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf75',
    500: '#9ca538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca538;
$custom-light: #bcbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.954,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69368,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA538

secondary

#807ABE

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA538

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

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