#9CA73B#9CA73B
#9CA73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.131 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA73B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 167, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 48%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 65%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 64.7%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.77, -18.49, 52.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.77, 55.72, 109.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.85% -0.0551 0.1193) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.85% 0.131 114.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3191, 35.0216, 9.4048) |
| Luminance | 0.3502 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 3.24
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.40
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.55
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.57
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 4.61
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA73B #463BA7
analogous
#A77C3B #9CA73B #66A73B
triadic
#9CA73B #3B9CA7 #A73B9C
tetradic
#9CA73B #3BA77C #463BA7 #A73B66
square
#9CA73B #3BA77C #463BA7 #A73B66
split-complementary
#9CA73B #3B66A7 #7C3BA7
monochromatic
#484D1B #727A2B #9CA73B #BAC55A #CDD588
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.62
#9CA73B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.00
#9CA73B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA73B
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA73B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA73B | 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)
#B39F2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A142
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A69E91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca73b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.131 114.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bcc176',
500: '#9ca73b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca73b; $custom-light: #bcc176; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca73b",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 167,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.111,
"s": 47.788,
"l": 44.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69851,
"c": 0.13145,
"h": 114.8
},
"luminance": 0.35021
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA73B
secondary
#857FBF
accent
#50D75E
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F7ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121209
muted
#81817B