#9CAF35#9CAF35

#9CAF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.145 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAF35
RGB	rgb(156, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 69.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -22.88, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 61.69, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.068 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.145 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6835, 37.9852, 9.1356)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAF35 #4835AF

analogous

#AF8535 #9CAF35 #5FAF35

triadic

#9CAF35 #359CAF #AF359C

tetradic

#9CAF35 #35AF85 #4835AF #AF355F

square

#9CAF35 #35AF85 #4835AF #AF355F

split-complementary

#9CAF35 #355FAF #8535AF

monochromatic

#485119 #728027 #9CAF35 #B9CC56 #CDDA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9CAF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#9CAF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAF35

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAF35	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.145 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc674',
    500: '#9caf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caf35;
$custom-light: #bcc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.344,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71638,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAF35

secondary

#877CC4

accent

#4BDD62

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAF35

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

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