#9CA169#9CA169

#9CA169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.077 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA169
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 105)
HSL	hsl(65, 23%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 35%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 34.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -10.90, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 30.61, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0294 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.077 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0051, 33.5779, 18.3151)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA169 #6E69A1

analogous

#A18A69 #9CA169 #80A169

triadic

#9CA169 #699CA1 #A1699C

tetradic

#9CA169 #69A18A #6E69A1 #A16980

square

#9CA169 #69A18A #6E69A1 #A16980

split-complementary

#9CA169 #6980A1 #8A69A1

monochromatic

#555837 #7A7E4F #9CA169 #B5B98F #CED0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9CA169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#9CA169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA169

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA169	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.077 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babc94',
    500: '#9ca169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca169;
$custom-light: #babc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 22.951,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69121,
    "c": 0.07654,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA169

secondary

#A9A7BF

accent

#68BF70

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120D

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA169

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

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