#9CA173#9CA173

#9CA173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.064 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA173
RGB	rgb(156, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(67, 20%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 29%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 28.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -9.56, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 25.30, 112.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0251 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.064 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5496, 33.7958, 21.1829)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA173 #7873A1

analogous

#A18F73 #9CA173 #85A173

triadic

#9CA173 #739CA1 #A1739C

tetradic

#9CA173 #73A18F #7873A1 #A17385

square

#9CA173 #73A18F #7873A1 #A17385

split-complementary

#9CA173 #7385A1 #8F73A1

monochromatic

#595C3E #7C8156 #9CA173 #B6BA98 #D0D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#9CA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#9CA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA173

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA173	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.064 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bc9b',
    500: '#9ca173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca173;
$custom-light: #b9bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 19.658,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69316,
    "c": 0.0639,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA173

secondary

#B0AEC2

accent

#6CBC74

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11120E

muted

#80817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA173

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

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