#9CA042#9CA042

#9CA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA042
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -14.38, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 49.52, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0428 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.117 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2652, 32.6035, 10.0100)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA042 #4642A0

analogous

#A07542 #9CA042 #6DA042

triadic

#9CA042 #429CA0 #A0429C

tetradic

#9CA042 #42A075 #4642A0 #A0426D

square

#9CA042 #42A075 #4642A0 #A0426D

split-complementary

#9CA042 #426DA0 #7542A0

monochromatic

#48491E #727530 #9CA042 #BABE61 #CDD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9CA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#9CA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA042

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA042	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbb7a',
    500: '#9ca042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca042;
$custom-light: #bbbb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68329,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA042

secondary

#8583BB

accent

#56D15C

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA042

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

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