#9CA62A#9CA62A

#9CA62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.142 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA62A
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -18.95, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 61.69, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0581 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.142 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7653, 34.5081, 7.3881)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA62A #342AA6

analogous

#A6722A #9CA62A #5EA62A

triadic

#9CA62A #2A9CA6 #A62A9C

tetradic

#9CA62A #2AA672 #342AA6 #A62A5E

square

#9CA62A #2AA672 #342AA6 #A62A5E

split-complementary

#9CA62A #2A5EA6 #722AA6

monochromatic

#404411 #6E751E #9CA62A #C3CE3F #D2DB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9CA62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#9CA62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA62A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA62A	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.142 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc06d',
    500: '#9ca62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca62a;
$custom-light: #bdc06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69492,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA62A

secondary

#716AC2

accent

#45E352

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA62A

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

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