#9CA53B#9CA53B

#9CA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.129 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA53B
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 64.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -17.46, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 54.82, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0523 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.129 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9556, 34.2945, 9.2837)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA53B #443BA5

analogous

#A5793B #9CA53B #67A53B

triadic

#9CA53B #3B9CA5 #A53B9C

tetradic

#9CA53B #3BA579 #443BA5 #A53B67

square

#9CA53B #3BA579 #443BA5 #A53B67

split-complementary

#9CA53B #3B67A5 #793BA5

monochromatic

#474B1B #71782B #9CA53B #BBC459 #CDD486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#9CA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA53B

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA53B	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.129 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf76',
    500: '#9ca53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca53b;
$custom-light: #bcbf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.094,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69394,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA53B

secondary

#837EBE

accent

#51D75C

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA53B

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

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