#9CA84B#9CA84B

#9CA84B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.119 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA84B
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 75)
HSL	hsl(68, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 55.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -17.76, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 49.16, 111.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0514 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.119 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9834, 35.5816, 11.9963)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA84B #574BA8

analogous

#A8864B #9CA84B #6DA84B

triadic

#9CA84B #4B9CA8 #A84B9C

tetradic

#9CA84B #4BA886 #574BA8 #A84B6D

square

#9CA84B #4BA886 #574BA8 #A84B6D

split-complementary

#9CA84B #4B6DA8 #864BA8

monochromatic

#4D5325 #757E38 #9CA84B #B5BF71 #CBD29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9CA84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#9CA84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA84B

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA84B	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.119 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc180',
    500: '#9ca84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca84b;
$custom-light: #bbc180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70246,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA84B

secondary

#9690BF

accent

#5ACE69

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120A

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA84B

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

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