#9CA08E#9CA08E

#9CA08E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.026 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA08E
RGB	rgb(156, 160, 142)
HSL	hsl(73, 9%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 11%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 11.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -4.76, 8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 10.09, 118.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0119 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.026 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1629, 34.1626, 30.5383)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA08E #928EA0

analogous

#A09B8E #9CA08E #93A08E

triadic

#9CA08E #8E9CA0 #A08E9C

tetradic

#9CA08E #8EA09B #928EA0 #A08E93

square

#9CA08E #8EA09B #928EA0 #A08E93

split-complementary

#9CA08E #8E93A0 #9B8EA0

monochromatic

#5E6252 #7E836E #9CA08E #B9BCAF #D6D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9CA08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#9CA08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA08E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA08E	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 160, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.026 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bcaf',
    500: '#9ca08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca08e;
$custom-light: #b9bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 8.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69734,
    "c": 0.02602,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA08E

secondary

#C3C1C8

accent

#76B283

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111210

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA08E

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

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