#9CA73A#9CA73A
#9CA73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.132 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA73A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 167, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 48%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 65%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 65.3%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.76, -18.55, 52.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.76, 56.13, 109.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.84% -0.0554 0.12) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.84% 0.132 114.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.2934, 35.0113, 9.2696) |
| Luminance | 0.3501 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.13
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.29
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.44
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.48
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 4.54
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 4.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA73A #453AA7
analogous
#A77C3A #9CA73A #66A73A
triadic
#9CA73A #3A9CA7 #A73A9C
tetradic
#9CA73A #3AA77C #453AA7 #A73A66
square
#9CA73A #3AA77C #453AA7 #A73A66
split-complementary
#9CA73A #3A66A7 #7C3AA7
monochromatic
#474C1A #727A2A #9CA73A #BAC559 #CDD586
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.62
#9CA73A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.00
#9CA73A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA73A
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA73A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA73A | 1.00 | 2.62 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F2B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A141
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A69E91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca73a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.132 114.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcc176',
500: '#9ca73a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca73a; $custom-light: #bcc176; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca73a",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 167,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.055,
"s": 48.444,
"l": 44.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69842,
"c": 0.13222,
"h": 114.8
},
"luminance": 0.35011
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA73A
secondary
#847EBF
accent
#50D85E
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F7ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B