#9CAB3D#9CAB3D

#9CAB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAB3D
RGB	rgb(156, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 64.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -20.37, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 56.73, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0602 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.135 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1161, 36.5310, 9.9313)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAB3D #4C3DAB

analogous

#AB833D #9CAB3D #65AB3D

triadic

#9CAB3D #3D9CAB #AB3D9C

tetradic

#9CAB3D #3DAB83 #4C3DAB #AB3D65

square

#9CAB3D #3DAB83 #4C3DAB #AB3D65

split-complementary

#9CAB3D #3D65AB #833DAB

monochromatic

#4A511D #737E2D #9CAB3D #B8C65F #CCD68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9CAB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#9CAB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAB3D

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAB3D	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc378',
    500: '#9cab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cab3d;
$custom-light: #bcc378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 47.414,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70785,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAB3D

secondary

#8B83C1

accent

#51D763

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAB3D

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

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