#9CA81E#9CA81E

#9CA81E 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	#9CA81E
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 30)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -20.44, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 66.07, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0632 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.15 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9481, 35.1674, 6.5438)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA81E #2A1EA8

analogous

#A86F1E #9CA81E #57A81E

triadic

#9CA81E #1E9CA8 #A81E9C

tetradic

#9CA81E #1EA86F #2A1EA8 #A81E57

square

#9CA81E #1EA86F #2A1EA8 #A81E57

split-complementary

#9CA81E #1E57A8 #6F1EA8

monochromatic

#3C400B #6C7415 #9CA81E #CAD92A #D7E25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9CA81E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#9CA81E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA81E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA81E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA81E	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: #9ca81e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.150 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc168',
    500: '#9ca81e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca81e;
$custom-light: #bdc168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca81e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69887,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA81E

secondary

#655BC7

accent

#3BED4B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA81E

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

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