#9CA170#9CA170

#9CA170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.068 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA170
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 112)
HSL	hsl(66, 21%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 30%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 30.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -9.97, 24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 26.90, 111.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0264 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.068 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3798, 33.7278, 20.2885)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA170 #7570A1

analogous

#A18D70 #9CA170 #83A170

triadic

#9CA170 #709CA1 #A1709C

tetradic

#9CA170 #70A18D #7570A1 #A17083

square

#9CA170 #70A18D #7570A1 #A17083

split-complementary

#9CA170 #7083A1 #8D70A1

monochromatic

#585B3C #7B8054 #9CA170 #B6B995 #CFD2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9CA170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#9CA170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA170

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA170	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.068 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babc99',
    500: '#9ca170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca170;
$custom-light: #babc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 20.675,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69256,
    "c": 0.06776,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA170

secondary

#AEACC1

accent

#6BBD73

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11120E

muted

#80817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA170

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

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