#9CA72C#9CA72C

#9CA72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.142 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA72C
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 73.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -19.36, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 61.43, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.059 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.142 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9844, 34.8877, 7.6422)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA72C #372CA7

analogous

#A7752C #9CA72C #5FA72C

triadic

#9CA72C #2C9CA7 #A72C9C

tetradic

#9CA72C #2CA775 #372CA7 #A72C5F

square

#9CA72C #2CA775 #372CA7 #A72C5F

split-complementary

#9CA72C #2C5FA7 #752CA7

monochromatic

#424612 #6F771F #9CA72C #C1CD43 #D1DA73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9CA72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#9CA72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA72C

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA72C	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.142 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc16e',
    500: '#9ca72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca72c;
$custom-light: #bdc16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.366,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69734,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA72C

secondary

#756DC2

accent

#46E254

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA72C

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

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