#9CA822#9CA822

#9CA822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.148 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA822
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -20.30, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 64.98, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0625 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.148 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0025, 35.1892, 6.8301)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA822 #2E22A8

analogous

#A87122 #9CA822 #59A822

triadic

#9CA822 #229CA8 #A8229C

tetradic

#9CA822 #22A871 #2E22A8 #A82259

square

#9CA822 #22A871 #2E22A8 #A82259

split-complementary

#9CA822 #2259A8 #7122A8

monochromatic

#3D420D #6D7518 #9CA822 #C7D532 #D5E065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9CA822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#9CA822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA822

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA822	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.148 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc16a',
    500: '#9ca822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca822;
$custom-light: #bdc16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.373,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69906,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA822

secondary

#6A61C5

accent

#3FE94E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA822

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

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