#9CAF2A#9CAF2A

#9CAF2A 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	#9CAF2A
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 42)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -23.45, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 65.47, 110.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0705 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.152 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4589, 37.8953, 7.9527)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF2A #3D2AAF

analogous

#AF7F2A #9CAF2A #5AAF2A

triadic

#9CAF2A #2A9CAF #AF2A9C

tetradic

#9CAF2A #2AAF7F #3D2AAF #AF2A5A

square

#9CAF2A #2AAF7F #3D2AAF #AF2A5A

split-complementary

#9CAF2A #2A5AAF #7F2AAF

monochromatic

#444C12 #707E1E #9CAF2A #BED244 #CFDE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAF2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9CAF2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF2A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF2A	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)

#BBA508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.152 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66e',
    500: '#9caf2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf2a;
$custom-light: #bdc66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71563,
    "c": 0.15193,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF2A

secondary

#7C6FC6

accent

#43E45A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF2A

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

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