#9CAF28#9CAF28

#9CAF28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.153 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAF28
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 40)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -23.54, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 66.09, 110.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.071 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.153 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4240, 37.8814, 7.7689)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF28 #3B28AF

analogous

#AF7E28 #9CAF28 #59AF28

triadic

#9CAF28 #289CAF #AF289C

tetradic

#9CAF28 #28AF7E #3B28AF #AF2859

square

#9CAF28 #28AF7E #3B28AF #AF2859

split-complementary

#9CAF28 #2859AF #7E28AF

monochromatic

#434B11 #707D1D #9CAF28 #BFD441 #D0DF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAF28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9CAF28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF28

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF28	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)

#BBA501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.153 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66d',
    500: '#9caf28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf28;
$custom-light: #bdc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71552,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF28

secondary

#796DC6

accent

#42E659

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF28

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

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