#9CA83E#9CA83E

#9CA83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.130 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA83E
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(67, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -18.79, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 54.93, 110.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0557 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.13 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5831, 35.4214, 9.8878)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA83E #4A3EA8

analogous

#A87F3E #9CA83E #67A83E

triadic

#9CA83E #3E9CA8 #A83E9C

tetradic

#9CA83E #3EA87F #4A3EA8 #A83E67

square

#9CA83E #3EA87F #4A3EA8 #A83E67

split-complementary

#9CA83E #3E67A8 #7F3EA8

monochromatic

#494F1D #727B2E #9CA83E #B9C45F #CCD58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#9CA83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA83E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA83E	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)

#B3A031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.130 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc178',
    500: '#9ca83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca83e;
$custom-light: #bcc178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.792,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70107,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA83E

secondary

#8983BF

accent

#52D661

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA83E

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

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