#9CAE28#9CAE28

#9CAE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.152 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE28
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -23.05, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 65.67, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0696 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.152 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2301, 37.4936, 7.7042)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE28 #3A28AE

analogous

#AE7D28 #9CAE28 #59AE28

triadic

#9CAE28 #289CAE #AE289C

tetradic

#9CAE28 #28AE7D #3A28AE #AE2859

square

#9CAE28 #28AE7D #3A28AE #AE2859

split-complementary

#9CAE28 #2859AE #7D28AE

monochromatic

#434A11 #6F7C1D #9CAE28 #BFD340 #D0DF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#9CAE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE28

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE28	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)

#BAA402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.152 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66d',
    500: '#9cae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae28;
$custom-light: #bdc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.06,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71321,
    "c": 0.15188,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE28

secondary

#786CC6

accent

#42E658

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE28

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

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