#9CAC2E#9CAC2E

#9CAC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.146 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAC2E
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -21.77, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 62.86, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0656 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.146 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9567, 36.7706, 8.1563)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAC2E #3E2EAC

analogous

#AC7D2E #9CAC2E #5DAC2E

triadic

#9CAC2E #2E9CAC #AC2E9C

tetradic

#9CAC2E #2EAC7D #3E2EAC #AC2E5D

square

#9CAC2E #2EAC7D #3E2EAC #AC2E5D

split-complementary

#9CAC2E #2E5DAC #7D2EAC

monochromatic

#444B14 #707C21 #9CAC2E #BDCE49 #CFDB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9CAC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#9CAC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAC2E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAC2E	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)

#B8A315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.146 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc470',
    500: '#9cac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cac2e;
$custom-light: #bcc470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.619,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70896,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAC2E

secondary

#7D72C3

accent

#47E15A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAC2E

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

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