#9CAF2D#9CAF2D

#9CAF2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.150 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAF2D
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 45)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 74.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -23.31, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 64.50, 111.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0699 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.15 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5146, 37.9176, 8.2461)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF2D #402DAF

analogous

#AF812D #9CAF2D #5BAF2D

triadic

#9CAF2D #2D9CAF #AF2D9C

tetradic

#9CAF2D #2DAF81 #402DAF #AF2D5B

square

#9CAF2D #2DAF81 #402DAF #AF2D5B

split-complementary

#9CAF2D #2D5BAF #812DAF

monochromatic

#454E14 #717E20 #9CAF2D #BCD049 #CEDD7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAF2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9CAF2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF2D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF2D	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)

#BBA511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.150 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc670',
    500: '#9caf2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf2d;
$custom-light: #bdc670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.769,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71582,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF2D

secondary

#7F73C5

accent

#46E25C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF2D

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

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