#9CA249#9CA249

#9CA249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.113 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA249
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 54.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -14.84, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 47.21, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0434 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.113 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8338, 33.3901, 11.2807)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA249 #4F49A2

analogous

#A27B49 #9CA249 #6FA249

triadic

#9CA249 #499CA2 #A2499C

tetradic

#9CA249 #49A27B #4F49A2 #A2496F

square

#9CA249 #49A27B #4F49A2 #A2496F

split-complementary

#9CA249 #496FA2 #7B49A2

monochromatic

#4B4E23 #737836 #9CA249 #B7BD6C #CCD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9CA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#9CA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA249

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA249	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.113 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbd7f',
    500: '#9ca249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca249;
$custom-light: #bbbd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.045,
    "s": 37.872,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68861,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA249

secondary

#8E8BBC

accent

#5ACE62

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12120A

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA249

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

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