#9ACA42#9ACA42

#9ACA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.170 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9ACA42
RGB	rgb(154, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(81, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -35.69, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 69.93, 120.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.1021 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.17 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4304, 49.5038, 12.8417)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9ACA42 #7242CA

analogous

#CAB642 #9ACA42 #56CA42

triadic

#9ACA42 #429ACA #CA429A

tetradic

#9ACA42 #42CAB6 #7242CA #CA4256

square

#9ACA42 #42CAB6 #7242CA #CA4256

split-complementary

#9ACA42 #4256CA #B642CA

monochromatic

#557220 #78A22D #9ACA42 #B4D772 #CDE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9ACA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#9ACA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9ACA42

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9ACA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9ACA42	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.170 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbda7e',
    500: '#9aca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aca42;
$custom-light: #bbda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77892,
    "c": 0.17028,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9ACA42

secondary

#AB96D1

accent

#48DF7E

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F7FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#12150A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9ACA42

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

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