#9CAA20#9CAA20

#9CAA20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.151 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA20
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 32)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 81.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -21.37, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 66.33, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0656 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.151 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3466, 35.9221, 6.8066)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA20 #2E20AA

analogous

#AA7320 #9CAA20 #57AA20

triadic

#9CAA20 #209CAA #AA209C

tetradic

#9CAA20 #20AA73 #2E20AA #AA2057

square

#9CAA20 #20AA73 #2E20AA #AA2057

split-complementary

#9CAA20 #2057AA #7320AA

monochromatic

#3D430D #6D7616 #9CAA20 #C7D82F #D5E263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CAA20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#9CAA20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA20

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA20	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)

#B5A32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.151 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc369',
    500: '#9caa20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa20;
$custom-light: #bdc369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.087,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70356,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA20

secondary

#6A5FC7

accent

#3DEB4E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA20

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

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