#9CA53D#9CA53D

#9CA53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.128 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA53D
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 63%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -17.33, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 53.98, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0517 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.128 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0084, 34.3156, 9.5621)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA53D #463DA5

analogous

#A57A3D #9CA53D #68A53D

triadic

#9CA53D #3D9CA5 #A53D9C

tetradic

#9CA53D #3DA57A #463DA5 #A53D68

square

#9CA53D #3DA57A #463DA5 #A53D68

split-complementary

#9CA53D #3D68A5 #7A3DA5

monochromatic

#484C1C #72782C #9CA53D #BAC35C #CDD389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#9CA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA53D

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA53D	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)

#B19D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.128 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf77',
    500: '#9ca53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca53d;
$custom-light: #bcbf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.192,
    "s": 46.018,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69413,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA53D

secondary

#8580BE

accent

#52D65E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA53D

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

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