#9CA61E#9CA61E

#9CA61E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.148 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA61E
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 30)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -19.43, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 65.29, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0604 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.148 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5817, 34.4347, 6.4216)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA61E #281EA6

analogous

#A66C1E #9CA61E #58A61E

triadic

#9CA61E #1E9CA6 #A61E9C

tetradic

#9CA61E #1EA66C #281EA6 #A61E58

square

#9CA61E #1EA66C #281EA6 #A61E58

split-complementary

#9CA61E #1E58A6 #6C1EA6

monochromatic

#3B3E0B #6B7215 #9CA61E #CBD829 #D8E25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9CA61E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#9CA61E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA61E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA61E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA61E	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca61e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.148 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc068',
    500: '#9ca61e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca61e;
$custom-light: #bdc068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca61e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69427,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA61E

secondary

#625AC6

accent

#3CEC49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA61E

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

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