#9CAA2C#9CAA2C

#9CAA2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.145 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA2C
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -20.87, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 62.69, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0632 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.145 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5404, 35.9997, 7.8275)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA2C #3A2CAA

analogous

#AA792C #9CAA2C #5DAA2C

triadic

#9CAA2C #2C9CAA #AA2C9C

tetradic

#9CAA2C #2CAA79 #3A2CAA #AA2C5D

square

#9CAA2C #2CAA79 #3A2CAA #AA2C5D

split-complementary

#9CAA2C #2C5DAA #792CAA

monochromatic

#434913 #6F791F #9CAA2C #BFCF44 #D0DB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CAA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA2C

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA2C	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)

#B6A112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.145 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36f',
    500: '#9caa2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa2c;
$custom-light: #bdc36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70423,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA2C

secondary

#786FC3

accent

#46E257

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA2C

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

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