#9CAF2E#9CAF2E

#9CAF2E 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	#9CAF2E
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 46)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 73.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -23.26, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 64.17, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0697 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.15 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5341, 37.9254, 8.3487)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF2E #412EAF

analogous

#AF812E #9CAF2E #5BAF2E

triadic

#9CAF2E #2E9CAF #AF2E9C

tetradic

#9CAF2E #2EAF81 #412EAF #AF2E5B

square

#9CAF2E #2EAF81 #412EAF #AF2E5B

split-complementary

#9CAF2E #2E5BAF #812EAF

monochromatic

#464E15 #717F21 #9CAF2E #BCD04B #CEDC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAF2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9CAF2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF2E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF2E	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)

#BBA514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.150 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc670',
    500: '#9caf2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf2e;
$custom-light: #bdc670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.837,
    "s": 58.371,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71588,
    "c": 0.14966,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF2E

secondary

#8074C5

accent

#46E25D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF2E

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

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