#9CAA32#9CAA32

#9CAA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.141 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA32
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 70.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -20.56, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 60.57, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0618 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.141 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6615, 36.0481, 8.4651)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA32 #4032AA

analogous

#AA7C32 #9CAA32 #60AA32

triadic

#9CAA32 #329CAA #AA329C

tetradic

#9CAA32 #32AA7C #4032AA #AA3260

square

#9CAA32 #32AA7C #4032AA #AA3260

split-complementary

#9CAA32 #3260AA #7C32AA

monochromatic

#454B16 #717B24 #9CAA32 #BCCB4E #CED97D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#9CAA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA32

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA32	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.141 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc372',
    500: '#9caa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa32;
$custom-light: #bcc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70464,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA32

secondary

#7F76C2

accent

#4ADE5B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA32

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

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