#9CAA22#9CAA22

#9CAA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.150 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA22
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -21.30, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 65.79, 108.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0652 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.15 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3746, 35.9333, 6.9541)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA22 #3022AA

analogous

#AA7422 #9CAA22 #58AA22

triadic

#9CAA22 #229CAA #AA229C

tetradic

#9CAA22 #22AA74 #3022AA #AA2258

square

#9CAA22 #22AA74 #3022AA #AA2258

split-complementary

#9CAA22 #2258AA #7422AA

monochromatic

#3E440E #6D7718 #9CAA22 #C5D633 #D4E066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CAA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#9CAA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA22

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA22	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: #9caa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.150 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36a',
    500: '#9caa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa22;
$custom-light: #bdc36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.176,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70366,
    "c": 0.15041,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA22

secondary

#6C62C6

accent

#3EEA50

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA22

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

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