#9CA91C#9CA91C
#9CA91C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.152 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA91C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 169, 28) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 72%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 83%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 83.4%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.16, -21.01, 63.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.16, 66.97, 108.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.11% -0.0649 0.1374) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.11% 0.152 115.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.1087, 35.5282, 6.4753) |
| Luminance | 0.3553 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 1.66
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.00
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.38
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.89
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.40
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA91C #291CA9
analogous
#A96F1C #9CA91C #55A91C
triadic
#9CA91C #1C9CA9 #A91C9C
tetradic
#9CA91C #1CA96F #291CA9 #A91C55
square
#9CA91C #1CA96F #291CA9 #A91C55
split-complementary
#9CA91C #1C55A9 #6F1CA9
monochromatic
#3B400B #6C7413 #9CA91C #CBDB27 #D7E45B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.59
#9CA91C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.11
#9CA91C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA91C
8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA91C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA91C | 1.00 | 2.59 | 8.11 | 8.11 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A000
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A22B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A79F90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca91c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 28); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.152 115.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc268',
500: '#9ca91c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca91c; $custom-light: #bdc268; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca91c",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 169,
"b": 28
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.532,
"s": 71.574,
"l": 38.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70108,
"c": 0.1519,
"h": 115.3
},
"luminance": 0.35528
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA91C
secondary
#6359C8
accent
#39EE4A
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131207
muted
#82817A