#9CAA21#9CAA21

#9CAA21 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 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA21
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -21.34, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 66.06, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0654 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.151 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3604, 35.9276, 6.8793)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA21 #2F21AA

analogous

#AA7321 #9CAA21 #58AA21

triadic

#9CAA21 #219CAA #AA219C

tetradic

#9CAA21 #21AA73 #2F21AA #AA2158

square

#9CAA21 #21AA73 #2F21AA #AA2158

split-complementary

#9CAA21 #2158AA #7321AA

monochromatic

#3E430D #6D7717 #9CAA21 #C6D731 #D4E164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CAA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#9CAA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA21

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA21	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	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)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.151 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36a',
    500: '#9caa21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa21;
$custom-light: #bdc36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.131,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70361,
    "c": 0.15088,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA21

secondary

#6B61C6

accent

#3DEA4F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA21

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

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