#9CAC2B#9CAC2B

#9CAC2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.148 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAC2B
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -21.92, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 63.87, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0662 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.148 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8996, 36.7478, 7.8556)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAC2B #3B2BAC

analogous

#AC7C2B #9CAC2B #5BAC2B

triadic

#9CAC2B #2B9CAC #AC2B9C

tetradic

#9CAC2B #2BAC7C #3B2BAC #AC2B5B

square

#9CAC2B #2BAC7C #3B2BAC #AC2B5B

split-complementary

#9CAC2B #2B5BAC #7C2BAC

monochromatic

#434A13 #707B1F #9CAC2B #BFD044 #D0DC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CAC2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#9CAC2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAC2B

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAC2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAC2B	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)

#B8A30E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cac2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.148 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc46e',
    500: '#9cac2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cac2b;
$custom-light: #bdc46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cac2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.442,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70877,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAC2B

secondary

#796FC4

accent

#45E358

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAC2B

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

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