#9CA921#9CA921
#9CA921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.150 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9CA921 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(156, 169, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 67%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 80%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 80.5%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.18, -20.84, 62.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.18, 65.66, 108.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.13% -0.064 0.1354) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.13% 0.15 115.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.1736, 35.5541, 6.8170) |
| Luminance | 0.3555 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 1.63
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 2.16
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.48
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.02
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.36
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9CA921 #2E21A9
analogous
#A97221 #9CA921 #58A921
triadic
#9CA921 #219CA9 #A9219C
tetradic
#9CA921 #21A972 #2E21A9 #A92158
square
#9CA921 #21A972 #2E21A9 #A92158
split-complementary
#9CA921 #2158A9 #7221A9
monochromatic
#3D430D #6D7617 #9CA921 #C7D731 #D5E164
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.59
#9CA921 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.11
#9CA921 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #9CA921
8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9CA921 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9CA921 | 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)
#B5A22E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A79F90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9ca921; /* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 33); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.150 115.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bdc26a',
500: '#9ca921',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9ca921; $custom-light: #bdc26a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9ca921",
"rgb": {
"r": 156,
"g": 169,
"b": 33
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.735,
"s": 67.327,
"l": 39.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70131,
"c": 0.14979,
"h": 115.3
},
"luminance": 0.35554
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9CA921
secondary
#6A60C6
accent
#3EEA4E
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F7EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A