#9CAC2C#9CAC2C

#9CAC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.147 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAC2C
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -21.87, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 63.54, 110.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.066 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.147 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9182, 36.7552, 7.9535)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAC2C #3C2CAC

analogous

#AC7C2C #9CAC2C #5CAC2C

triadic

#9CAC2C #2C9CAC #AC2C9C

tetradic

#9CAC2C #2CAC7C #3C2CAC #AC2C5C

square

#9CAC2C #2CAC7C #3C2CAC #AC2C5C

split-complementary

#9CAC2C #2C5CAC #7C2CAC

monochromatic

#444B13 #707B20 #9CAC2C #BED046 #CFDC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9CAC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#9CAC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAC2C

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAC2C	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B8A310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.147 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc46f',
    500: '#9cac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cac2c;
$custom-light: #bdc46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70883,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAC2C

secondary

#7A70C4

accent

#45E259

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAC2C

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

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