#9CA53E#9CA53E

#9CA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.127 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA53E
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 62.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -17.26, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 53.55, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0514 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.127 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0356, 34.3265, 9.7053)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA53E #473EA5

analogous

#A57B3E #9CA53E #69A53E

triadic

#9CA53E #3E9CA5 #A53E9C

tetradic

#9CA53E #3EA57B #473EA5 #A53E69

square

#9CA53E #3EA57B #473EA5 #A53E69

split-complementary

#9CA53E #3E69A5 #7B3EA5

monochromatic

#484C1D #72792D #9CA53E #BAC25E #CDD38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#9CA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA53E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA53E	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.127 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf78',
    500: '#9ca53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca53e;
$custom-light: #bcbf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.243,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69423,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA53E

secondary

#8681BE

accent

#53D55E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA53E

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

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