#9CAA24#9CAA24

#9CAA24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.149 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA24
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 36)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 78.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -21.22, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 65.21, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0649 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.149 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4043, 35.9452, 7.1105)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA24 #3224AA

analogous

#AA7524 #9CAA24 #59AA24

triadic

#9CAA24 #249CAA #AA249C

tetradic

#9CAA24 #24AA75 #3224AA #AA2459

square

#9CAA24 #24AA75 #3224AA #AA2459

split-complementary

#9CAA24 #2459AA #7524AA

monochromatic

#3F450F #6E7719 #9CAA24 #C4D537 #D3DF69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#9CAA24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA24

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA24	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#B5A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.149 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36b',
    500: '#9caa24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa24;
$custom-light: #bdc36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.269,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70376,
    "c": 0.14946,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA24

secondary

#6F65C5

accent

#40E851

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA24

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

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