#9CAD2C#9CAD2C

#9CAD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.149 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAD2C
RGB	rgb(156, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -22.37, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 63.97, 110.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0674 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.149 117)
XYZ	xyz(29.1092, 37.1373, 8.0171)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAD2C #3D2CAD

analogous

#AD7D2C #9CAD2C #5BAD2C

triadic

#9CAD2C #2C9CAD #AD2C9C

tetradic

#9CAD2C #2CAD7D #3D2CAD #AD2C5B

square

#9CAD2C #2CAD7D #3D2CAD #AD2C5B

split-complementary

#9CAD2C #2C5BAD #7D2CAD

monochromatic

#444B13 #707C20 #9CAD2C #BED046 #CFDC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9CAD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#9CAD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAD2C

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAD2C	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.149 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc56f',
    500: '#9cad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cad2c;
$custom-light: #bdc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.907,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.14855,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.37137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAD2C

secondary

#7C71C4

accent

#45E35A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAD2C

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

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