#9CAA28#9CAA28

#9CAA28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.147 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA28
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 40)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -21.05, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 64.00, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0641 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.147 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4688, 35.9710, 7.4505)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA28 #3628AA

analogous

#AA7728 #9CAA28 #5BAA28

triadic

#9CAA28 #289CAA #AA289C

tetradic

#9CAA28 #28AA77 #3628AA #AA285B

square

#9CAA28 #28AA77 #3628AA #AA285B

split-complementary

#9CAA28 #285BAA #7728AA

monochromatic

#414711 #6F781C #9CAA28 #C2D23E #D1DD6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#9CAA28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA28

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA28	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)

#B6A106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.147 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36d',
    500: '#9caa28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa28;
$custom-light: #bdc36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70398,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA28

secondary

#746AC4

accent

#43E554

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA28

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

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