#9CAC23#9CAC23

#9CAC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.152 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAC23
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -22.26, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 66.32, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0678 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.152 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7670, 36.6947, 7.1571)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAC23 #3323AC

analogous

#AC7723 #9CAC23 #58AC23

triadic

#9CAC23 #239CAC #AC239C

tetradic

#9CAC23 #23AC77 #3323AC #AC2358

square

#9CAC23 #23AC77 #3323AC #AC2358

split-complementary

#9CAC23 #2358AC #7723AC

monochromatic

#40460E #6E7919 #9CAC23 #C3D636 #D3E069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CAC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#9CAC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAC23

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAC23	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cac23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.152 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc46b',
    500: '#9cac23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cac23;
$custom-light: #bdc46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cac23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70832,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAC23

secondary

#7064C6

accent

#3FE953

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAC23

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

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