#9CAA29#9CAA29

#9CAA29 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 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA29
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 41)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -21.01, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 63.68, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0639 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.147 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4860, 35.9779, 7.5412)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA29 #3729AA

analogous

#AA7829 #9CAA29 #5CAA29

triadic

#9CAA29 #299CAA #AA299C

tetradic

#9CAA29 #29AA78 #3729AA #AA295C

square

#9CAA29 #29AA78 #3729AA #AA295C

split-complementary

#9CAA29 #295CAA #7829AA

monochromatic

#424711 #6F791D #9CAA29 #C1D13F #D1DD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CAA29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA29

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA29	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.147 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36d',
    500: '#9caa29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa29;
$custom-light: #bdc36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.512,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70404,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA29

secondary

#756BC4

accent

#44E455

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA29

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

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