#9CAA3A#9CAA3A

#9CAA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.136 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA3A
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 65.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -20.07, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 57.49, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0597 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.136 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8494, 36.1233, 9.4549)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA3A #483AAA

analogous

#AA803A #9CAA3A #64AA3A

triadic

#9CAA3A #3A9CAA #AA3A9C

tetradic

#9CAA3A #3AAA80 #483AAA #AA3A64

square

#9CAA3A #3AAA80 #483AAA #AA3A64

split-complementary

#9CAA3A #3A64AA #803AAA

monochromatic

#484F1B #727C2A #9CAA3A #B9C75A #CDD688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9CAA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9CAA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA3A

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA3A	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)

#B6A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.136 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc376',
    500: '#9caa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa3a;
$custom-light: #bcc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70529,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA3A

secondary

#877FC1

accent

#4FD960

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA3A

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

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