#9CAE32#9CAE32

#9CAE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.146 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE32
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -22.55, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 62.33, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0674 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.146 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4227, 37.5706, 8.7189)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE32 #4432AE

analogous

#AE8232 #9CAE32 #5EAE32

triadic

#9CAE32 #329CAE #AE329C

tetradic

#9CAE32 #32AE82 #4432AE #AE325E

square

#9CAE32 #32AE82 #4432AE #AE325E

split-complementary

#9CAE32 #325EAE #8232AE

monochromatic

#474F17 #717E24 #9CAE32 #BBCD50 #CDDA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9CAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#9CAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE32

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE32	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)

#BAA51C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.146 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc672',
    500: '#9cae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae32;
$custom-light: #bcc672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.71,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE32

secondary

#8378C4

accent

#49DF5F

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE32

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

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