#9CAE26#9CAE26

#9CAE26 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 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE26
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 38)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -23.13, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 66.28, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.07 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.153 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1969, 37.4803, 7.5297)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE26 #3826AE

analogous

#AE7C26 #9CAE26 #58AE26

triadic

#9CAE26 #269CAE #AE269C

tetradic

#9CAE26 #26AE7C #3826AE #AE2658

square

#9CAE26 #26AE7C #3826AE #AE2658

split-complementary

#9CAE26 #2658AE #7C26AE

monochromatic

#424A10 #6F7C1B #9CAE26 #C0D53D #D1E06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#9CAE26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE26

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE26	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.153 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66c',
    500: '#9cae26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae26;
$custom-light: #bdc66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.941,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7131,
    "c": 0.1529,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE26

secondary

#766AC6

accent

#41E757

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE26

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

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