#9CA72D#9CA72D

#9CA72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.141 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA72D
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -19.31, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 61.08, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0588 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.141 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0035, 34.8953, 7.7424)
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

#9CA72D #382DA7

analogous

#A7752D #9CA72D #5FA72D

triadic

#9CA72D #2D9CA7 #A72D9C

tetradic

#9CA72D #2DA775 #382DA7 #A72D5F

square

#9CA72D #2DA775 #382DA7 #A72D5F

split-complementary

#9CA72D #2D5FA7 #752DA7

monochromatic

#424713 #6F7720 #9CA72D #C0CD44 #D1DA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9CA72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#9CA72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA72D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA72D	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)

#B39F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.141 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc16f',
    500: '#9ca72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca72d;
$custom-light: #bcc16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69741,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA72D

secondary

#766EC1

accent

#47E155

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA72D

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

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