#9CAA2A#9CAA2A

#9CAA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.146 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA2A
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -20.96, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 63.35, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0637 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.146 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5037, 35.9850, 7.6343)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA2A #382AAA

analogous

#AA782A #9CAA2A #5CAA2A

triadic

#9CAA2A #2A9CAA #AA2A9C

tetradic

#9CAA2A #2AAA78 #382AAA #AA2A5C

square

#9CAA2A #2AAA78 #382AAA #AA2A5C

split-complementary

#9CAA2A #2A5CAA #782AAA

monochromatic

#424812 #6F791E #9CAA2A #C0D041 #D1DC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CAA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA2A

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA2A	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)

#B6A10C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.146 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36e',
    500: '#9caa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa2a;
$custom-light: #bdc36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.563,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7041,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA2A

secondary

#766CC3

accent

#44E456

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA2A

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

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