#9CAA42#9CAA42

#9CAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.129 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA42
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -19.51, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 54.15, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0573 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.129 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0690, 36.2111, 10.6113)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA42 #5042AA

analogous

#AA8442 #9CAA42 #68AA42

triadic

#9CAA42 #429CAA #AA429C

tetradic

#9CAA42 #42AA84 #5042AA #AA4268

square

#9CAA42 #42AA84 #5042AA #AA4268

split-complementary

#9CAA42 #4268AA #8442AA

monochromatic

#4B5220 #747E31 #9CAA42 #B7C366 #CCD592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#9CAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#9CAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA42

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA42	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.129 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc37b',
    500: '#9caa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa42;
$custom-light: #bcc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.077,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA42

secondary

#8F88C0

accent

#54D465

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12120A

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA42

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

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