#9CAA36#9CAA36

#9CAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.139 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA36
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -20.32, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 59.07, 110.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0608 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.139 116)
XYZ	xyz(28.7516, 36.0841, 8.9396)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA36 #4436AA

analogous

#AA7E36 #9CAA36 #62AA36

triadic

#9CAA36 #369CAA #AA369C

tetradic

#9CAA36 #36AA7E #4436AA #AA3662

square

#9CAA36 #36AA7E #4436AA #AA3662

split-complementary

#9CAA36 #3662AA #7E36AA

monochromatic

#474D18 #717C27 #9CAA36 #BBC954 #CDD883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9CAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA36

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA36	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.139 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc374',
    500: '#9caa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa36;
$custom-light: #bcc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.241,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70495,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.36084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA36

secondary

#837BC1

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA36

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

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