#9CA61B#9CA61B

#9CA61B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.149 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA61B
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 83.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -19.53, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 66.05, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0608 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.149 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5452, 34.4201, 6.2294)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA61B #251BA6

analogous

#A66B1B #9CA61B #56A61B

triadic

#9CA61B #1B9CA6 #A61B9C

tetradic

#9CA61B #1BA66B #251BA6 #A61B56

square

#9CA61B #1BA66B #251BA6 #A61B56

split-complementary

#9CA61B #1B56A6 #6B1BA6

monochromatic

#393D0A #6B7112 #9CA61B #CDDB24 #DAE458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9CA61B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#9CA61B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA61B

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA61B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA61B	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca61b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.149 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc067',
    500: '#9ca61b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca61b;
$custom-light: #bdc067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca61b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69414,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA61B

secondary

#5E56C7

accent

#39EF46

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA61B

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

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