#9CA72F#9CA72F

#9CA72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.140 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA72F
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 47)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -19.20, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 60.37, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0583 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.14 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0429, 34.9111, 7.9500)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA72F #3A2FA7

analogous

#A7762F #9CA72F #60A72F

triadic

#9CA72F #2F9CA7 #A72F9C

tetradic

#9CA72F #2FA776 #3A2FA7 #A72F60

square

#9CA72F #2FA776 #3A2FA7 #A72F60

split-complementary

#9CA72F #2F60A7 #762FA7

monochromatic

#434714 #6F7722 #9CA72F #BFCB48 #D0D978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9CA72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#9CA72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA72F

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA72F	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)

#B39F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.140 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc170',
    500: '#9ca72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca72f;
$custom-light: #bcc170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69754,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA72F

secondary

#7871C1

accent

#48DF56

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA72F

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

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