#9CAC2A#9CAC2A

#9CAC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.149 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAC2A
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -21.96, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 64.20, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0664 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.149 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8815, 36.7405, 7.7602)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAC2A #3A2AAC

analogous

#AC7B2A #9CAC2A #5BAC2A

triadic

#9CAC2A #2A9CAC #AC2A9C

tetradic

#9CAC2A #2AAC7B #3A2AAC #AC2A5B

square

#9CAC2A #2AAC7B #3A2AAC #AC2A5B

split-complementary

#9CAC2A #2A5BAC #7B2AAC

monochromatic

#434A12 #6F7B1E #9CAC2A #BFD142 #D0DD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CAC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#9CAC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAC2A

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAC2A	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A30B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.149 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc46e',
    500: '#9cac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cac2a;
$custom-light: #bdc46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70871,
    "c": 0.14855,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAC2A

secondary

#786DC4

accent

#44E458

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAC2A

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

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