#9CA81F#9CA81F
#9CA81F 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 | #9CA81F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 168, 31) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 69%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 82%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 81.5%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.88, -20.40, 62.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.88, 65.81, 108.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.89% -0.063 0.1357) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.89% 0.15 114.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.9611, 35.1726, 6.6121) |
| Luminance | 0.3517 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 1.64
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.38
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.69
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.70
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.51
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA81F #2B1FA8
analogous
#A86F1F #9CA81F #58A81F
triadic
#9CA81F #1F9CA8 #A81F9C
tetradic
#9CA81F #1FA86F #2B1FA8 #A81F58
square
#9CA81F #1FA86F #2B1FA8 #A81F58
split-complementary
#9CA81F #1F58A8 #6F1FA8
monochromatic
#3C410C #6C7415 #9CA81F #C9D82C #D6E260
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.61
#9CA81F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.03
#9CA81F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA81F
8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA81F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA81F | 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)
#B4A12D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A79E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca81f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 31); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.150 114.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc169',
500: '#9ca81f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca81f; $custom-light: #bdc169; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca81f",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 168,
"b": 31
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.255,
"s": 68.844,
"l": 39.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69891,
"c": 0.14959,
"h": 114.9
},
"luminance": 0.35172
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA81F
secondary
#665DC6
accent
#3CEC4B
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131207
muted
#82817A