#9CA642#9CA642

#9CA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA642
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 60.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -17.47, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 52.27, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0516 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.125 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3305, 34.7342, 10.3651)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA642 #4C42A6

analogous

#A67E42 #9CA642 #6AA642

triadic

#9CA642 #429CA6 #A6429C

tetradic

#9CA642 #42A67E #4C42A6 #A6426A

square

#9CA642 #42A67E #4C42A6 #A6426A

split-complementary

#9CA642 #426AA6 #7E42A6

monochromatic

#4A4E1F #737A31 #9CA642 #B8C164 #CCD390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9CA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#9CA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA642

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA642	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc07b',
    500: '#9ca642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca642;
$custom-light: #bcc07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69691,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA642

secondary

#8B86BE

accent

#55D362

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA642

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

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