#9CA937#9CA937

#9CA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.137 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA937
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -19.76, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 58.23, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0591 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.137 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5885, 35.7201, 9.0023)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA937 #4437A9

analogous

#A97D37 #9CA937 #63A937

triadic

#9CA937 #379CA9 #A9379C

tetradic

#9CA937 #37A97D #4437A9 #A93763

square

#9CA937 #37A97D #4437A9 #A93763

split-complementary

#9CA937 #3763A9 #7D37A9

monochromatic

#474D19 #717B28 #9CA937 #BBC855 #CDD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9CA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#9CA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA937

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA937	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.137 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc274',
    500: '#9ca937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca937;
$custom-light: #bcc274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.842,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70274,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA937

secondary

#837BC0

accent

#4DDA5D

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA937

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

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