#9CAC3D#9CAC3D

#9CAC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.136 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAC3D
RGB	rgb(156, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(69, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 64.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -20.88, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 57.19, 111.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0616 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.136 117)
XYZ	xyz(29.3057, 36.9102, 9.9945)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAC3D #4D3DAC

analogous

#AC843D #9CAC3D #64AC3D

triadic

#9CAC3D #3D9CAC #AC3D9C

tetradic

#9CAC3D #3DAC84 #4D3DAC #AC3D64

square

#9CAC3D #3DAC84 #4D3DAC #AC3D64

split-complementary

#9CAC3D #3D64AC #843DAC

monochromatic

#4A521D #737F2D #9CAC3D #B8C760 #CCD78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#9CAC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#9CAC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAC3D

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAC3D	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.136 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc478',
    500: '#9cac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cac3d;
$custom-light: #bcc478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.649,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71014,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.3691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAC3D

secondary

#8C84C1

accent

#51D764

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAC3D

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

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