#9CA831#9CA831

#9CA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.140 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA831
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -19.60, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 60.07, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0593 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.14 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2681, 35.2954, 8.2287)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA831 #3D31A8

analogous

#A87831 #9CA831 #61A831

triadic

#9CA831 #319CA8 #A8319C

tetradic

#9CA831 #31A878 #3D31A8 #A83161

square

#9CA831 #31A878 #3D31A8 #A83161

split-complementary

#9CA831 #3161A8 #7831A8

monochromatic

#444915 #707923 #9CA831 #BECB4C #CFD87B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9CA831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#9CA831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA831

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA831	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.140 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc171',
    500: '#9ca831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca831;
$custom-light: #bcc171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.05,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69998,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA831

secondary

#7C74C1

accent

#4ADE59

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA831

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

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