#9CA94B#9CA94B

#9CA94B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA94B
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 75)
HSL	hsl(68, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 55.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -18.27, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 49.65, 111.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0529 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.12 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1688, 35.9522, 12.0581)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA94B #584BA9

analogous

#A9874B #9CA94B #6DA94B

triadic

#9CA94B #4B9CA9 #A94B9C

tetradic

#9CA94B #4BA987 #584BA9 #A94B6D

square

#9CA94B #4BA987 #584BA9 #A94B6D

split-complementary

#9CA94B #4B6DA9 #874BA9

monochromatic

#4E5425 #757F38 #9CA94B #B5C071 #CBD39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CA94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#9CA94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA94B

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA94B	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc280',
    500: '#9ca94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca94b;
$custom-light: #bbc280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.298,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70474,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA94B

secondary

#9790BF

accent

#59CE6A

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120A

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA94B

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

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