#9CAC32#9CAC32

#9CAC32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.144 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAC32
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 50)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 70.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -21.56, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 61.45, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0646 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.144 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0392, 36.8036, 8.5910)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAC32 #4232AC

analogous

#AC7F32 #9CAC32 #5FAC32

triadic

#9CAC32 #329CAC #AC329C

tetradic

#9CAC32 #32AC7F #4232AC #AC325F

square

#9CAC32 #32AC7F #4232AC #AC325F

split-complementary

#9CAC32 #325FAC #7F32AC

monochromatic

#464D16 #717D24 #9CAC32 #BCCC4F #CEDA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9CAC32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#9CAC32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAC32

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAC32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAC32	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cac32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.144 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc472',
    500: '#9cac32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cac32;
$custom-light: #bcc472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cac32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.869,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70924,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAC32

secondary

#8177C3

accent

#4ADE5D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAC32

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

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