#9CAB2B#9CAB2B

#9CAB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.147 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAB2B
RGB	rgb(156, 171, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -21.42, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 63.45, 109.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0648 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.147 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7100, 36.3686, 7.7924)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAB2B #3A2BAB

analogous

#AB7A2B #9CAB2B #5CAB2B

triadic

#9CAB2B #2B9CAB #AB2B9C

tetradic

#9CAB2B #2BAB7A #3A2BAB #AB2B5C

square

#9CAB2B #2BAB7A #3A2BAB #AB2B5C

split-complementary

#9CAB2B #2B5CAB #7A2BAB

monochromatic

#434912 #6F7A1F #9CAB2B #BFD043 #D0DC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9CAB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#9CAB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAB2B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAB2B	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A20E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cab2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 171, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.147 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36e',
    500: '#9cab2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cab2b;
$custom-light: #bdc36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cab2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.031,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAB2B

secondary

#786EC4

accent

#45E357

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAB2B

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

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