#9CA938#9CA938

#9CA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.136 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA938
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -19.70, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 57.84, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0588 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.136 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6128, 35.7298, 9.1299)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA938 #4538A9

analogous

#A97E38 #9CA938 #64A938

triadic

#9CA938 #389CA9 #A9389C

tetradic

#9CA938 #38A97E #4538A9 #A93864

square

#9CA938 #38A97E #4538A9 #A93864

split-complementary

#9CA938 #3864A9 #7E38A9

monochromatic

#474D1A #727B29 #9CA938 #BAC757 #CDD785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9CA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#9CA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA938

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA938	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.136 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc275',
    500: '#9ca938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca938;
$custom-light: #bcc275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.903,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70282,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA938

secondary

#847CC0

accent

#4EDA5E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA938

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

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