#9CA840#9CA840

#9CA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.129 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA840
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -18.64, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 54.07, 110.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0551 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.129 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6390, 35.4438, 10.1821)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA840 #4C40A8

analogous

#A88040 #9CA840 #68A840

triadic

#9CA840 #409CA8 #A8409C

tetradic

#9CA840 #40A880 #4C40A8 #A84068

square

#9CA840 #40A880 #4C40A8 #A84068

split-complementary

#9CA840 #4068A8 #8040A8

monochromatic

#4A4F1E #737C2F #9CA840 #B8C362 #CCD48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#9CA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA840

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA840	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.129 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc179',
    500: '#9ca840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca840;
$custom-light: #bcc179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70127,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA840

secondary

#8B85BF

accent

#53D562

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA840

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

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