#9CAE37#9CAE37

#9CAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.143 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE37
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -22.26, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 60.48, 111.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0661 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.143 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5366, 37.6162, 9.3183)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE37 #4937AE

analogous

#AE8537 #9CAE37 #60AE37

triadic

#9CAE37 #379CAE #AE379C

tetradic

#9CAE37 #37AE85 #4937AE #AE3760

square

#9CAE37 #37AE85 #4937AE #AE3760

split-complementary

#9CAE37 #3760AE #8537AE

monochromatic

#49511A #727F28 #9CAE37 #B9CA58 #CCD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#9CAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE37

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE37	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.143 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc675',
    500: '#9cae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae37;
$custom-light: #bcc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.076,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71423,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE37

secondary

#887EC3

accent

#4CDB62

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE37

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

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