#9CAA37#9CAA37

#9CAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.138 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA37
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -20.26, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 58.68, 110.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0605 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.138 116)
XYZ	xyz(28.7753, 36.0936, 9.0646)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA37 #4537AA

analogous

#AA7F37 #9CAA37 #63AA37

triadic

#9CAA37 #379CAA #AA379C

tetradic

#9CAA37 #37AA7F #4537AA #AA3763

square

#9CAA37 #37AA7F #4537AA #AA3763

split-complementary

#9CAA37 #3763AA #7F37AA

monochromatic

#474E19 #727C28 #9CAA37 #BAC856 #CDD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9CAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA37

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA37	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)

#B6A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.138 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc374',
    500: '#9caa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa37;
$custom-light: #bcc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.304,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70503,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.36093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA37

secondary

#847CC1

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA37

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

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