#9CAA1D#9CAA1D

#9CAA1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.153 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA1D
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 29)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(66, 83%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 82.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -21.48, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 67.11, 108.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0661 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.153 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3076, 35.9066, 6.6016)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA1D #2B1DAA

analogous

#AA721D #9CAA1D #56AA1D

triadic

#9CAA1D #1D9CAA #AA1D9C

tetradic

#9CAA1D #1DAA72 #2B1DAA #AA1D56

square

#9CAA1D #1DAA72 #2B1DAA #AA1D56

split-complementary

#9CAA1D #1D56AA #721DAA

monochromatic

#3C410B #6C7614 #9CAA1D #C9DB2A #D6E45E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CAA1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#9CAA1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA1D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA1D	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)

#B6A32C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.153 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc368',
    500: '#9caa1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa1d;
$custom-light: #bdc368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.957,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA1D

secondary

#665BC8

accent

#3AEE4C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA1D

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

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