#9CAA2D#9CAA2D

#9CAA2D 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	#9CAA2D
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 45)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -20.82, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 62.35, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.063 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.145 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5594, 36.0073, 7.9277)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA2D #3B2DAA

analogous

#AA7A2D #9CAA2D #5EAA2D

triadic

#9CAA2D #2D9CAA #AA2D9C

tetradic

#9CAA2D #2DAA7A #3B2DAA #AA2D5E

square

#9CAA2D #2DAA7A #3B2DAA #AA2D5E

split-complementary

#9CAA2D #2D5EAA #7A2DAA

monochromatic

#434913 #707A20 #9CAA2D #BFCE46 #D0DB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CAA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA2D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA2D	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)

#B6A114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.145 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36f',
    500: '#9caa2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa2d;
$custom-light: #bdc36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.72,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70429,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA2D

secondary

#7970C3

accent

#46E158

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA2D

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

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