#9CAA1B#9CAA1B

#9CAA1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.153 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA1B
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 27)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(66, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -21.54, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 67.60, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0664 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.153 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2837, 35.8970, 6.4756)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA1B #291BAA

analogous

#AA701B #9CAA1B #54AA1B

triadic

#9CAA1B #1B9CAA #AA1B9C

tetradic

#9CAA1B #1BAA70 #291BAA #AA1B54

square

#9CAA1B #1BAA70 #291BAA #AA1B54

split-complementary

#9CAA1B #1B54AA #701BAA

monochromatic

#3B400A #6C7513 #9CAA1B #CBDC26 #D7E55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CAA1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#9CAA1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA1B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA1B	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.153 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc368',
    500: '#9caa1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa1b;
$custom-light: #bdc368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.874,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70335,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA1B

secondary

#6358C9

accent

#39EF4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA1B

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

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