#9CAB2C#9CAB2C

#9CAB2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.146 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAB2C
RGB	rgb(156, 171, 44)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -21.37, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 63.11, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0646 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.146 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7286, 36.3760, 7.8903)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAB2C #3B2CAB

analogous

#AB7B2C #9CAB2C #5CAB2C

triadic

#9CAB2C #2C9CAB #AB2C9C

tetradic

#9CAB2C #2CAB7B #3B2CAB #AB2C5C

square

#9CAB2C #2CAB7B #3B2CAB #AB2C5C

split-complementary

#9CAB2C #2C5CAB #7B2CAB

monochromatic

#434A13 #707A1F #9CAB2C #BFCF45 #D0DC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9CAB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#9CAB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAB2C

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAB2C	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cab2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 171, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.146 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc36f',
    500: '#9cab2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cab2c;
$custom-light: #bdc36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cab2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.087,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70653,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAB2C

secondary

#796FC3

accent

#46E258

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAB2C

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

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