#9CA83D#9CA83D

#9CA83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.131 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA83D
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 61)
HSL	hsl(67, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -18.86, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 55.35, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.056 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.131 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5559, 35.4105, 9.7446)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA83D #493DA8

analogous

#A87F3D #9CA83D #67A83D

triadic

#9CA83D #3D9CA8 #A83D9C

tetradic

#9CA83D #3DA87F #493DA8 #A83D67

square

#9CA83D #3DA87F #493DA8 #A83D67

split-complementary

#9CA83D #3D67A8 #7F3DA8

monochromatic

#494E1C #727B2D #9CA83D #B9C45E #CCD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#9CA83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA83D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA83D	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.131 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc178',
    500: '#9ca83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca83d;
$custom-light: #bcc178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.729,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA83D

secondary

#8881BF

accent

#51D660

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA83D

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

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