#9CA61C#9CA61C

#9CA61C 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	#9CA61C
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 28)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 83.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -19.50, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 65.80, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0607 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.149 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5570, 34.4248, 6.2914)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA61C #261CA6

analogous

#A66B1C #9CA61C #57A61C

triadic

#9CA61C #1C9CA6 #A61C9C

tetradic

#9CA61C #1CA66B #261CA6 #A61C57

square

#9CA61C #1CA66B #261CA6 #A61C57

split-complementary

#9CA61C #1C57A6 #6B1CA6

monochromatic

#3A3D0A #6B7213 #9CA61C #CDDA25 #D9E359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9CA61C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#9CA61C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA61C

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA61C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA61C	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)

#B2A02B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca61c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.149 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc067',
    500: '#9ca61c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca61c;
$custom-light: #bdc067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca61c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69418,
    "c": 0.14872,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA61C

secondary

#5F57C7

accent

#3AEE47

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA61C

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

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