#9CAE30#9CAE30

#9CAE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.147 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE30
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -22.66, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 63.04, 111.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0678 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.147 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3805, 37.5538, 8.4966)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE30 #4230AE

analogous

#AE8130 #9CAE30 #5DAE30

triadic

#9CAE30 #309CAE #AE309C

tetradic

#9CAE30 #30AE81 #4230AE #AE305D

square

#9CAE30 #30AE81 #4230AE #AE305D

split-complementary

#9CAE30 #305DAE #8130AE

monochromatic

#464E16 #717E23 #9CAE30 #BCCE4D #CEDB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9CAE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE30

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE30	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)

#BAA519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.147 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc671',
    500: '#9cae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae30;
$custom-light: #bcc671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71371,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE30

secondary

#8176C4

accent

#48E05E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE30

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

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