#9CAE2A#9CAE2A

#9CAE2A 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	#9CAE2A
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -22.96, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 65.05, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0692 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.151 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2650, 37.5075, 7.8880)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE2A #3C2AAE

analogous

#AE7E2A #9CAE2A #5AAE2A

triadic

#9CAE2A #2A9CAE #AE2A9C

tetradic

#9CAE2A #2AAE7E #3C2AAE #AE2A5A

square

#9CAE2A #2AAE7E #3C2AAE #AE2A5A

split-complementary

#9CAE2A #2A5AAE #7E2AAE

monochromatic

#444B12 #707D1E #9CAE2A #BED243 #CFDE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#9CAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE2A

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE2A	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)

#BAA409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.151 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66e',
    500: '#9cae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae2a;
$custom-light: #bdc66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE2A

secondary

#7A6FC5

accent

#44E459

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE2A

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

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