#9CA81D#9CA81D

#9CA81D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.150 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA81D
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 29)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -20.47, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 66.33, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0633 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.15 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9356, 35.1624, 6.4776)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA81D #291DA8

analogous

#A86E1D #9CA81D #56A81D

triadic

#9CA81D #1D9CA8 #A81D9C

tetradic

#9CA81D #1DA86E #291DA8 #A81D56

square

#9CA81D #1DA86E #291DA8 #A81D56

split-complementary

#9CA81D #1D56A8 #6E1DA8

monochromatic

#3B400B #6C7414 #9CA81D #CBDA28 #D7E35C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9CA81D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#9CA81D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA81D

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA81D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA81D	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca81d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.150 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc168',
    500: '#9ca81d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca81d;
$custom-light: #bdc168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca81d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69882,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA81D

secondary

#635AC7

accent

#3AED4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA81D

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

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