#9CA71B#9CA71B

#9CA71B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.150 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA71B
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 83.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -20.03, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 66.43, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0622 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.15 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7277, 34.7850, 6.2902)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA71B #261BA7

analogous

#A76C1B #9CA71B #56A71B

triadic

#9CA71B #1B9CA7 #A71B9C

tetradic

#9CA71B #1BA76C #261BA7 #A71B56

square

#9CA71B #1BA76C #261BA7 #A71B56

split-complementary

#9CA71B #1B56A7 #6C1BA7

monochromatic

#3A3E0A #6B7212 #9CA71B #CDDC24 #D9E458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9CA71B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#9CA71B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA71B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA71B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA71B	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca71b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.150 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc167',
    500: '#9ca71b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca71b;
$custom-light: #bdc167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca71b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.714,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69644,
    "c": 0.15017,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA71B

secondary

#5F56C8

accent

#39EF47

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA71B

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

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