#9CAE2F#9CAE2F

#9CAE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.148 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE2F
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -22.71, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 63.39, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0681 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.148 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3601, 37.5456, 8.3891)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE2F #412FAE

analogous

#AE802F #9CAE2F #5CAE2F

triadic

#9CAE2F #2F9CAE #AE2F9C

tetradic

#9CAE2F #2FAE80 #412FAE #AE2F5C

square

#9CAE2F #2FAE80 #412FAE #AE2F5C

split-complementary

#9CAE2F #2F5CAE #802FAE

monochromatic

#464E15 #717E22 #9CAE2F #BCCF4C #CEDC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9CAE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE2F

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE2F	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.148 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc671',
    500: '#9cae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae2f;
$custom-light: #bcc671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.504,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71364,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE2F

secondary

#8075C4

accent

#47E15D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE2F

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

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