#9CAF29#9CAF29

#9CAF29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.152 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAF29
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 41)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 76.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -23.50, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 65.79, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0708 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.152 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4412, 37.8883, 7.8596)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF29 #3C29AF

analogous

#AF7F29 #9CAF29 #59AF29

triadic

#9CAF29 #299CAF #AF299C

tetradic

#9CAF29 #29AF7F #3C29AF #AF2959

square

#9CAF29 #29AF7F #3C29AF #AF2959

split-complementary

#9CAF29 #2959AF #7F29AF

monochromatic

#444C12 #707D1D #9CAF29 #BED342 #CFDE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAF29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9CAF29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF29

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF29	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)

#BBA505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.152 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66e',
    500: '#9caf29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf29;
$custom-light: #bdc66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.507,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.15247,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF29

secondary

#7A6EC6

accent

#43E55A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF29

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

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