#9CAA3C#9CAA3C

#9CAA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.134 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA3C
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 64.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -19.94, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 56.68, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0591 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.134 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9013, 36.1440, 9.7281)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA3C #4A3CAA

analogous

#AA813C #9CAA3C #65AA3C

triadic

#9CAA3C #3C9CAA #AA3C9C

tetradic

#9CAA3C #3CAA81 #4A3CAA #AA3C65

square

#9CAA3C #3CAA81 #4A3CAA #AA3C65

split-complementary

#9CAA3C #3C65AA #813CAA

monochromatic

#49501C #727D2C #9CAA3C #B9C65D #CCD68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9CAA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#9CAA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA3C

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA3C	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.134 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc377',
    500: '#9caa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa3c;
$custom-light: #bcc377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.636,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70546,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA3C

secondary

#8981C0

accent

#50D762

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA3C

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

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