#9CAE4E#9CAE4E

#9CAE4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE4E
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(71, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -20.54, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 50.76, 113.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0589 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.124 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2219, 37.8903, 12.9277)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE4E #604EAE

analogous

#AE904E #9CAE4E #6CAE4E

triadic

#9CAE4E #4E9CAE #AE4E9C

tetradic

#9CAE4E #4EAE90 #604EAE #AE4E6C

square

#9CAE4E #4EAE90 #604EAE #AE4E6C

split-complementary

#9CAE4E #4E6CAE #904EAE

monochromatic

#505928 #76843B #9CAE4E #B4C277 #CBD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9CAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE4E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE4E	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc683',
    500: '#9cae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae4e;
$custom-light: #bbc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71651,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE4E

secondary

#9E96C2

accent

#5ACE70

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE4E

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

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