#9CA253#9CA253

#9CA253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA253
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(65, 32%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 48.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -13.92, 40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 42.39, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0397 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.103 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1924, 33.5336, 13.1694)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA253 #5953A2

analogous

#A28053 #9CA253 #74A253

triadic

#9CA253 #539CA2 #A2539C

tetradic

#9CA253 #53A280 #5953A2 #A25374

square

#9CA253 #53A280 #5953A2 #A25374

split-complementary

#9CA253 #5374A2 #8053A2

monochromatic

#4E512A #757A3E #9CA253 #B5BA78 #CBCFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9CA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#9CA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA253

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA253	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbd85',
    500: '#9ca253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca253;
$custom-light: #bbbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.557,
    "s": 32.245,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6899,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA253

secondary

#9895BC

accent

#5FC867

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA253

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

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