#9CA059#9CA059

#9CA059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.094 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA059
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 44%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 44.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -12.25, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 38.40, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0344 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.094 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0847, 32.9313, 14.3262)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA059 #5D59A0

analogous

#A08159 #9CA059 #79A059

triadic

#9CA059 #599CA0 #A0599C

tetradic

#9CA059 #59A081 #5D59A0 #A05979

square

#9CA059 #59A081 #5D59A0 #A05979

split-complementary

#9CA059 #5979A0 #8159A0

monochromatic

#4F512D #767943 #9CA059 #B4B87F #CBCDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9CA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#9CA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA059

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA059	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.094 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babc89',
    500: '#9ca059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca059;
$custom-light: #babc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 28.514,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68628,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA059

secondary

#9B9ABB

accent

#63C569

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA059

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

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