#9CAF22#9CAF22

#9CAF22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.156 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAF22
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 34)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 80.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -23.78, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 67.82, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0721 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.156 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3298, 37.8437, 7.2725)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF22 #3522AF

analogous

#AF7B22 #9CAF22 #55AF22

triadic

#9CAF22 #229CAF #AF229C

tetradic

#9CAF22 #22AF7B #3522AF #AF2255

square

#9CAF22 #22AF7B #3522AF #AF2255

split-complementary

#9CAF22 #2255AF #7B22AF

monochromatic

#41490E #6E7C18 #9CAF22 #C2D836 #D2E269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAF22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#9CAF22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF22

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF22	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.156 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66b',
    500: '#9caf22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf22;
$custom-light: #bdc66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.085,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71521,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF22

secondary

#7265C8

accent

#3DEA55

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF22

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

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