#9CA142#9CA142

#9CA142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.119 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA142
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 59%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -14.90, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 49.97, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0443 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.119 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4392, 32.9516, 10.0680)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA142 #4742A1

analogous

#A17742 #9CA142 #6DA142

triadic

#9CA142 #429CA1 #A1429C

tetradic

#9CA142 #42A177 #4742A1 #A1426D

square

#9CA142 #42A177 #4742A1 #A1426D

split-complementary

#9CA142 #426DA1 #7742A1

monochromatic

#484A1E #727630 #9CA142 #BABF62 #CDD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#9CA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#9CA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA142

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA142	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)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.119 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbc7a',
    500: '#9ca142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca142;
$custom-light: #bbbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68555,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA142

secondary

#8683BB

accent

#56D25D

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA142

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

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