#9CAE29#9CAE29

#9CAE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.151 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE29
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -23.00, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 65.36, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0694 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.151 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2473, 37.5005, 7.7950)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE29 #3B29AE

analogous

#AE7D29 #9CAE29 #5AAE29

triadic

#9CAE29 #299CAE #AE299C

tetradic

#9CAE29 #29AE7D #3B29AE #AE295A

square

#9CAE29 #29AE7D #3B29AE #AE295A

split-complementary

#9CAE29 #295AAE #7D29AE

monochromatic

#434B12 #707C1D #9CAE29 #BFD242 #D0DE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#9CAE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE29

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE29	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)

#BAA406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.151 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66e',
    500: '#9cae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae29;
$custom-light: #bdc66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.12,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71326,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE29

secondary

#796DC5

accent

#43E559

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE29

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

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