#9CA256#9CA256

#9CA256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.100 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA256
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 46.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -13.62, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 40.90, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0386 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.1 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3108, 33.5809, 13.7927)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA256 #5C56A2

analogous

#A28256 #9CA256 #76A256

triadic

#9CA256 #569CA2 #A2569C

tetradic

#9CA256 #56A282 #5C56A2 #A25676

square

#9CA256 #56A282 #5C56A2 #A25676

split-complementary

#9CA256 #5676A2 #8256A2

monochromatic

#4F522C #767A41 #9CA256 #B5B97C #CBCFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9CA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#9CA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA256

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA256	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.100 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbd87',
    500: '#9ca256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca256;
$custom-light: #bbbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 30.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69033,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA256

secondary

#9B98BC

accent

#61C769

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA256

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

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