#9CAE2B#9CAE2B

#9CAE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.150 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE2B
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -22.91, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 64.73, 110.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.069 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.15 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2831, 37.5148, 7.9835)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE2B #3D2BAE

analogous

#AE7E2B #9CAE2B #5BAE2B

triadic

#9CAE2B #2B9CAE #AE2B9C

tetradic

#9CAE2B #2BAE7E #3D2BAE #AE2B5B

square

#9CAE2B #2BAE7E #3D2BAE #AE2B5B

split-complementary

#9CAE2B #2B5BAE #7E2BAE

monochromatic

#444C13 #707D1F #9CAE2B #BED145 #CFDD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#9CAE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE2B

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE2B	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)

#BAA40C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.150 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66f',
    500: '#9cae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae2b;
$custom-light: #bdc66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.244,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71338,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE2B

secondary

#7C70C5

accent

#44E45A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE2B

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

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