#9CA255#9CA255

#9CA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.101 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA255
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 47.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -13.72, 39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 41.40, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.039 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.101 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2708, 33.5649, 13.5820)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA255 #5B55A2

analogous

#A28155 #9CA255 #75A255

triadic

#9CA255 #559CA2 #A2559C

tetradic

#9CA255 #55A281 #5B55A2 #A25575

square

#9CA255 #55A281 #5B55A2 #A25575

split-complementary

#9CA255 #5575A2 #8155A2

monochromatic

#4F522B #757A40 #9CA255 #B5BA7B #CBCFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9CA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#9CA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA255

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA255	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)

#AC9C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.101 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbd87',
    500: '#9ca255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca255;
$custom-light: #bbbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.675,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69018,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA255

secondary

#9A97BC

accent

#60C768

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA255

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

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