#9CA72A#9CA72A

#9CA72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.143 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA72A
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 74.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -19.45, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 62.10, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0595 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.143 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9477, 34.8730, 7.4490)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA72A #352AA7

analogous

#A7732A #9CA72A #5DA72A

triadic

#9CA72A #2A9CA7 #A72A9C

tetradic

#9CA72A #2AA773 #352AA7 #A72A5D

square

#9CA72A #2AA773 #352AA7 #A72A5D

split-complementary

#9CA72A #2A5DA7 #732AA7

monochromatic

#414511 #6E761E #9CA72A #C2CF3F #D2DB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9CA72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#9CA72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA72A

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA72A	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.143 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc16d',
    500: '#9ca72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca72a;
$custom-light: #bdc16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69721,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA72A

secondary

#726BC2

accent

#45E353

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA72A

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

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