#9CAA2B#9CAA2B

#9CAA2B 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	#9CAA2B
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -20.92, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 63.02, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0635 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.146 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5218, 35.9922, 7.7297)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA2B #392BAA

analogous

#AA792B #9CAA2B #5DAA2B

triadic

#9CAA2B #2B9CAA #AA2B9C

tetradic

#9CAA2B #2BAA79 #392BAA #AA2B5D

square

#9CAA2B #2BAA79 #392BAA #AA2B5D

split-complementary

#9CAA2B #2B5DAA #792BAA

monochromatic

#424812 #6F791F #9CAA2B #C0CF43 #D0DC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CAA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA2B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA2B	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)

#B6A10F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.146 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36e',
    500: '#9caa2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa2b;
$custom-light: #bdc36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.614,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70416,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA2B

secondary

#776EC3

accent

#45E356

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA2B

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

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