#9CA541#9CA541

#9CA541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA541
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(65, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -17.04, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 52.25, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0504 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.124 114)
XYZ	xyz(28.1202, 34.3603, 10.1509)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA541 #4A41A5

analogous

#A57C41 #9CA541 #6AA541

triadic

#9CA541 #419CA5 #A5419C

tetradic

#9CA541 #41A57C #4A41A5 #A5416A

square

#9CA541 #41A57C #4A41A5 #A5416A

split-complementary

#9CA541 #416AA5 #7C41A5

monochromatic

#494D1E #727930 #9CA541 #B9C162 #CCD28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#9CA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA541

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA541	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)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf7a',
    500: '#9ca541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca541;
$custom-light: #bcbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.4,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69453,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.3436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA541

secondary

#8984BE

accent

#55D360

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA541

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

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