#9CAF2C#9CAF2C

#9CAF2C 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	#9CAF2C
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 74.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -23.36, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 64.83, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0701 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.151 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4956, 37.9100, 8.1459)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF2C #3F2CAF

analogous

#AF802C #9CAF2C #5BAF2C

triadic

#9CAF2C #2C9CAF #AF2C9C

tetradic

#9CAF2C #2CAF80 #3F2CAF #AF2C5B

square

#9CAF2C #2CAF80 #3F2CAF #AF2C5B

split-complementary

#9CAF2C #2C5BAF #802CAF

monochromatic

#454D13 #707E20 #9CAF2C #BDD147 #CEDD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAF2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9CAF2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF2C

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF2C	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)

#BBA50E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.151 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc66f',
    500: '#9caf2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf2c;
$custom-light: #bdc66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.702,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.15083,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF2C

secondary

#7E72C5

accent

#45E35C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF2C

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

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