#9CAE53#9CAE53

#9CAE53 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAE53
RGB	rgb(156, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(72, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(72, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 52.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -20.08, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 48.45, 114.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0572 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.119 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4080, 37.9647, 13.9079)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAE53 #6553AE

analogous

#AE9253 #9CAE53 #6EAE53

triadic

#9CAE53 #539CAE #AE539C

tetradic

#9CAE53 #53AE92 #6553AE #AE536E

square

#9CAE53 #53AE92 #6553AE #AE536E

split-complementary

#9CAE53 #536EAE #9253AE

monochromatic

#525C2B #77853F #9CAE53 #B4C27D #CCD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9CAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#9CAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAE53

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAE53	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc686',
    500: '#9cae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cae53;
$custom-light: #bbc686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.868,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71713,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAE53

secondary

#A29AC3

accent

#5CCC72

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAE53

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

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