#9CA156#9CA156

#9CA156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.099 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA156
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 47%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 46.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -13.09, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 40.41, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0371 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.099 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1353, 33.2300, 13.7342)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA156 #5B56A1

analogous

#A18056 #9CA156 #76A156

triadic

#9CA156 #569CA1 #A1569C

tetradic

#9CA156 #56A180 #5B56A1 #A15676

square

#9CA156 #56A180 #5B56A1 #A15676

split-complementary

#9CA156 #5676A1 #8056A1

monochromatic

#4F512B #757941 #9CA156 #B5B97B #CBCEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9CA156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9CA156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA156

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA156	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.099 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbc87',
    500: '#9ca156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca156;
$custom-light: #bbbc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 30.364,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68808,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA156

secondary

#9A97BC

accent

#61C768

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA156

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

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