#9CA923#9CA923

#9CA923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.149 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA923
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 35)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -20.76, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 65.10, 108.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0637 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.149 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2025, 35.5657, 6.9690)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA923 #3023A9

analogous

#A97323 #9CA923 #59A923

triadic

#9CA923 #239CA9 #A9239C

tetradic

#9CA923 #23A973 #3023A9 #A92359

square

#9CA923 #23A973 #3023A9 #A92359

split-complementary

#9CA923 #2359A9 #7323A9

monochromatic

#3E440E #6D7619 #9CA923 #C5D534 #D4DF67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#9CA923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#9CA923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA923

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA923	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)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.149 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc26b',
    500: '#9ca923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca923;
$custom-light: #bdc26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.821,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70141,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA923

secondary

#6C63C5

accent

#3FE950

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA923

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

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