#9CA82E#9CA82E

#9CA82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.142 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA82E
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -19.76, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 61.15, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.06 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.142 115)
XYZ	xyz(28.2068, 35.2709, 7.9063)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA82E #3A2EA8

analogous

#A8772E #9CA82E #5FA82E

triadic

#9CA82E #2E9CA8 #A82E9C

tetradic

#9CA82E #2EA877 #3A2EA8 #A82E5F

square

#9CA82E #2EA877 #3A2EA8 #A82E5F

split-complementary

#9CA82E #2E5FA8 #772EA8

monochromatic

#434814 #6F7821 #9CA82E #BFCD47 #D0DA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9CA82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#9CA82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA82E

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA82E	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.142 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc16f',
    500: '#9ca82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca82e;
$custom-light: #bcc16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.902,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69977,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.3527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA82E

secondary

#7870C2

accent

#48E057

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA82E

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

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