#9CAA39#9CAA39

#9CAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.137 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA39
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 66.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -20.14, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 57.89, 110.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.06 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.137 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8242, 36.1132, 9.3222)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA39 #4739AA

analogous

#AA8039 #9CAA39 #63AA39

triadic

#9CAA39 #399CAA #AA399C

tetradic

#9CAA39 #39AA80 #4739AA #AA3963

square

#9CAA39 #39AA80 #4739AA #AA3963

split-complementary

#9CAA39 #3963AA #8039AA

monochromatic

#484E1A #727C2A #9CAA39 #BAC759 #CDD787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9CAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9CAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA39

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA39	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)

#B6A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.137 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc376',
    500: '#9caa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa39;
$custom-light: #bcc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.434,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7052,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA39

secondary

#867EC1

accent

#4ED960

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA39

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

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