#9CAA3D#9CAA3D

#9CAA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.133 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA3D
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 64.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -19.87, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 56.27, 110.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0588 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.133 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9280, 36.1547, 9.8686)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA3D #4B3DAA

analogous

#AA813D #9CAA3D #66AA3D

triadic

#9CAA3D #3D9CAA #AA3D9C

tetradic

#9CAA3D #3DAA81 #4B3DAA #AA3D66

square

#9CAA3D #3DAA81 #4B3DAA #AA3D66

split-complementary

#9CAA3D #3D66AA #813DAA

monochromatic

#49501D #737D2D #9CAA3D #B8C55F #CCD68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9CAA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#9CAA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA3D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA3D	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)

#B5A12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.133 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc378',
    500: '#9caa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa3d;
$custom-light: #bcc378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.706,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70556,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA3D

secondary

#8A82C0

accent

#51D762

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA3D

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

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