#9CAA2F#9CAA2F

#9CAA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.143 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA2F
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 47)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 72.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -20.72, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 61.65, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0625 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.143 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5989, 36.0230, 8.1354)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA2F #3D2FAA

analogous

#AA7A2F #9CAA2F #5FAA2F

triadic

#9CAA2F #2F9CAA #AA2F9C

tetradic

#9CAA2F #2FAA7A #3D2FAA #AA2F5F

square

#9CAA2F #2FAA7A #3D2FAA #AA2F5F

split-complementary

#9CAA2F #2F5FAA #7A2FAA

monochromatic

#444A14 #707A22 #9CAA2F #BECD49 #CFDA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CAA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA2F

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA2F	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)

#B6A118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.143 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc370',
    500: '#9caa2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa2f;
$custom-light: #bcc370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.829,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA2F

secondary

#7C72C2

accent

#48E059

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA2F

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

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