#9CAF33#9CAF33

#9CAF33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.147 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAF33
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 51)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 70.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -22.99, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 62.42, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0685 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.147 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6385, 37.9672, 8.8984)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF33 #4633AF

analogous

#AF8433 #9CAF33 #5EAF33

triadic

#9CAF33 #339CAF #AF339C

tetradic

#9CAF33 #33AF84 #4633AF #AF335E

square

#9CAF33 #33AF84 #4633AF #AF335E

split-complementary

#9CAF33 #335EAF #8433AF

monochromatic

#485017 #728025 #9CAF33 #BACD52 #CDDB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9CAF33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#9CAF33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF33

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF33	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA51E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.147 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc673',
    500: '#9caf33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf33;
$custom-light: #bcc673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.194,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71623,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF33

secondary

#857AC4

accent

#4ADE60

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF33

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

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