#9CAE21#9CAE21

#9CAE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.155 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE21
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -23.33, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 67.68, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0709 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.155 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1216, 37.4502, 7.1330)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE21 #3321AE

analogous

#AE7A21 #9CAE21 #55AE21

triadic

#9CAE21 #219CAE #AE219C

tetradic

#9CAE21 #21AE7A #3321AE #AE2155

square

#9CAE21 #21AE7A #3321AE #AE2155

split-complementary

#9CAE21 #2155AE #7A21AE

monochromatic

#40470D #6E7B17 #9CAE21 #C3D834 #D3E267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#9CAE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE21

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE21	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.155 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66a',
    500: '#9cae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae21;
$custom-light: #bdc66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71284,
    "c": 0.15525,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE21

secondary

#7063C8

accent

#3DEB53

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE21

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

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