#9CAE25#9CAE25

#9CAE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.153 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE25
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -23.17, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 66.57, 110.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0702 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.153 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1810, 37.4739, 7.4459)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE25 #3725AE

analogous

#AE7C25 #9CAE25 #58AE25

triadic

#9CAE25 #259CAE #AE259C

tetradic

#9CAE25 #25AE7C #3725AE #AE2558

square

#9CAE25 #25AE7C #3725AE #AE2558

split-complementary

#9CAE25 #2558AE #7C25AE

monochromatic

#424910 #6F7C1A #9CAE25 #C1D53B #D1E06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#9CAE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE25

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE25	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)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.153 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66c',
    500: '#9cae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae25;
$custom-light: #bdc66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.883,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71304,
    "c": 0.1534,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE25

secondary

#7568C6

accent

#40E856

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE25

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

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