#9CA157#9CA157

#9CA157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.098 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA157
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 30%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 46%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 46%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -12.99, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 39.91, 109.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0367 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.098 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1759, 33.2463, 13.9479)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA157 #5C57A1

analogous

#A18157 #9CA157 #77A157

triadic

#9CA157 #579CA1 #A1579C

tetradic

#9CA157 #57A181 #5C57A1 #A15777

square

#9CA157 #57A181 #5C57A1 #A15777

split-complementary

#9CA157 #5777A1 #8157A1

monochromatic

#4F522C #767942 #9CA157 #B5B97D #CBCEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#9CA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#9CA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA157

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA157	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)

#AB9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.098 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babc88',
    500: '#9ca157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca157;
$custom-light: #babc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68822,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA157

secondary

#9B98BC

accent

#62C668

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA157

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

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