#9CAF2B#9CAF2B

#9CAF2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.151 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAF2B
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 43)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 75.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -23.41, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 65.15, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0703 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.151 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4770, 37.9026, 8.0481)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF2B #3E2BAF

analogous

#AF802B #9CAF2B #5AAF2B

triadic

#9CAF2B #2B9CAF #AF2B9C

tetradic

#9CAF2B #2BAF80 #3E2BAF #AF2B5A

square

#9CAF2B #2BAF80 #3E2BAF #AF2B5A

split-complementary

#9CAF2B #2B5AAF #802BAF

monochromatic

#444D13 #707E1F #9CAF2B #BDD146 #CFDE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAF2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9CAF2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF2B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF2B	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)

#BBA50B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.151 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66f',
    500: '#9caf2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf2b;
$custom-light: #bdc66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.636,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71569,
    "c": 0.15138,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF2B

secondary

#7D70C5

accent

#44E45B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF2B

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

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