#9CA71E#9CA71E
#9CA71E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.149 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA71E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 167, 30) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 70%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 82%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 82%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.59, -19.93, 62.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.59, 65.68, 107.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.66% -0.0618 0.1355) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.66% 0.149 114.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.7642, 34.7996, 6.4825) |
| Luminance | 0.3480 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 1.73
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.42
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.66
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.95
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.27
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA71E #291EA7
analogous
#A76D1E #9CA71E #57A71E
triadic
#9CA71E #1E9CA7 #A71E9C
tetradic
#9CA71E #1EA76D #291EA7 #A71E57
square
#9CA71E #1EA76D #291EA7 #A71E57
split-complementary
#9CA71E #1E57A7 #6D1EA7
monochromatic
#3B3F0B #6C7315 #9CA71E #CBD92A #D7E25D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.64
#9CA71E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.96
#9CA71E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA71E
7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA71E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA71E | 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)
#B3A02C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A79D8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca71e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 30); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.149 114.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc168',
500: '#9ca71e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca71e; $custom-light: #bdc168; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca71e",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 167,
"b": 30
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.818,
"s": 69.543,
"l": 38.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69657,
"c": 0.14896,
"h": 114.5
},
"luminance": 0.34799
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA71E
secondary
#635BC6
accent
#3BEC4A
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131207
muted
#82817A