#9AA557#9AA557

#9AA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.103 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AA557
RGB	rgb(154, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 47.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -15.90, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 42.01, 112.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0449 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.103 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5022, 34.4687, 14.1666)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9AA557 #6257A5

analogous

#A58957 #9AA557 #73A557

triadic

#9AA557 #579AA5 #A5579A

tetradic

#9AA557 #57A589 #6257A5 #A55773

square

#9AA557 #57A589 #6257A5 #A55773

split-complementary

#9AA557 #5773A5 #8957A5

monochromatic

#4F552D #757D42 #9AA557 #B2BB7E #CAD0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9AA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#9AA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AA557

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AA557	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aa557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.103 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bf88',
    500: '#9aa557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aa557;
$custom-light: #b9bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aa557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.462,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6956,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AA557

secondary

#9F9ABE

accent

#61C76F

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AA557

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

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