#9CA162#9CA162

#9CA162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.085 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA162
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(65, 25%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 39%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 39.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -11.76, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 34.28, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0323 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.085 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6600, 33.4399, 16.4977)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA162 #6762A1

analogous

#A18662 #9CA162 #7CA162

triadic

#9CA162 #629CA1 #A1629C

tetradic

#9CA162 #62A186 #6762A1 #A1627C

square

#9CA162 #62A186 #6762A1 #A1627C

split-complementary

#9CA162 #627CA1 #8662A1

monochromatic

#535533 #787C4A #9CA162 #B4B888 #CCCFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#9CA162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#9CA162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA162

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA162	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.085 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babc8f',
    500: '#9ca162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca162;
$custom-light: #babc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 25.1,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68997,
    "c": 0.08503,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA162

secondary

#A4A1BD

accent

#66C26E

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA162

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

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