#9CA540#9CA540

#9CA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA540
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -17.11, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 52.69, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0508 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.125 114)
XYZ	xyz(28.0915, 34.3488, 9.9997)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA540 #4940A5

analogous

#A57C40 #9CA540 #69A540

triadic

#9CA540 #409CA5 #A5409C

tetradic

#9CA540 #40A57C #4940A5 #A54069

square

#9CA540 #40A57C #4940A5 #A54069

split-complementary

#9CA540 #4069A5 #7C40A5

monochromatic

#494D1E #72792F #9CA540 #B9C261 #CCD38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#9CA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA540

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA540	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)

#B09D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf79',
    500: '#9ca540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca540;
$custom-light: #bcbf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.347,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69443,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.34348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA540

secondary

#8883BE

accent

#54D45F

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA540

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

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