#9CA72E#9CA72E

#9CA72E 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	#9CA72E
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -19.26, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 60.73, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0586 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.141 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0229, 34.9031, 7.8450)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA72E #392EA7

analogous

#A7762E #9CA72E #5FA72E

triadic

#9CA72E #2E9CA7 #A72E9C

tetradic

#9CA72E #2EA776 #392EA7 #A72E5F

square

#9CA72E #2EA776 #392EA7 #A72E5F

split-complementary

#9CA72E #2E5FA7 #762EA7

monochromatic

#424714 #6F7721 #9CA72E #C0CC46 #D0D976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9CA72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#9CA72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA72E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA72E	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)

#B39F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.141 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc16f',
    500: '#9ca72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca72e;
$custom-light: #bcc16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69747,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA72E

secondary

#7770C1

accent

#48E056

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA72E

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

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