#9CA93B#9CA93B

#9CA93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.134 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA93B
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -19.50, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 56.63, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.058 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.134 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6883, 35.7600, 9.5279)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA93B #483BA9

analogous

#A97F3B #9CA93B #65A93B

triadic

#9CA93B #3B9CA9 #A93B9C

tetradic

#9CA93B #3BA97F #483BA9 #A93B65

square

#9CA93B #3BA97F #483BA9 #A93B65

split-complementary

#9CA93B #3B65A9 #7F3BA9

monochromatic

#484E1B #727C2B #9CA93B #B9C65B #CDD689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9CA93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#9CA93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA93B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA93B	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)

#B5A12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.134 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc277',
    500: '#9ca93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca93b;
$custom-light: #bcc277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.091,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70308,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA93B

secondary

#8780C0

accent

#50D860

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA93B

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

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