#9CAB31#9CAB31

#9CAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.143 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAB31
RGB	rgb(156, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -21.11, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 61.37, 110.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0635 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.143 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8283, 36.4159, 8.4154)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAB31 #4031AB

analogous

#AB7D31 #9CAB31 #5FAB31

triadic

#9CAB31 #319CAB #AB319C

tetradic

#9CAB31 #31AB7D #4031AB #AB315F

square

#9CAB31 #31AB7D #4031AB #AB315F

split-complementary

#9CAB31 #315FAB #7D31AB

monochromatic

#454C16 #717B23 #9CAB31 #BCCC4D #CEDA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9CAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#9CAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAB31

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAB31	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)

#B7A21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.143 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc371',
    500: '#9cab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cab31;
$custom-light: #bcc371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.377,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70687,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAB31

secondary

#7F75C2

accent

#49DF5B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAB31

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

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