#9CAA38#9CAA38

#9CAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.137 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA38
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -20.20, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 58.29, 110.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0602 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.137 116)
XYZ	xyz(28.7995, 36.1033, 9.1921)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA38 #4638AA

analogous

#AA7F38 #9CAA38 #63AA38

triadic

#9CAA38 #389CAA #AA389C

tetradic

#9CAA38 #38AA7F #4638AA #AA3863

square

#9CAA38 #38AA7F #4638AA #AA3863

split-complementary

#9CAA38 #3863AA #7F38AA

monochromatic

#484E1A #727C29 #9CAA38 #BAC857 #CDD785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9CAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9CAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA38

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA38	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B6A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.137 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc375',
    500: '#9caa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa38;
$custom-light: #bcc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.368,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.36103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA38

secondary

#857DC1

accent

#4EDA5F

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA38

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

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