#9CA62E#9CA62E

#9CA62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.139 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA62E
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -18.75, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 60.30, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0572 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.139 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8405, 34.5381, 7.7842)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA62E #382EA6

analogous

#A6742E #9CA62E #60A62E

triadic

#9CA62E #2E9CA6 #A62E9C

tetradic

#9CA62E #2EA674 #382EA6 #A62E60

square

#9CA62E #2EA674 #382EA6 #A62E60

split-complementary

#9CA62E #2E60A6 #742EA6

monochromatic

#424613 #6F7621 #9CA62E #C0CC46 #D1D976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9CA62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#9CA62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA62E

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA62E	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.139 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc06f',
    500: '#9ca62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca62e;
$custom-light: #bcc06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69518,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA62E

secondary

#766FC1

accent

#48E055

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA62E

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

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