#9CA259#9CA259

#9CA259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.097 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA259
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 45.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -13.30, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 39.40, 109.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.0374 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.097 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4342, 33.6303, 14.4427)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA259 #5F59A2

analogous

#A28459 #9CA259 #78A259

triadic

#9CA259 #599CA2 #A2599C

tetradic

#9CA259 #59A284 #5F59A2 #A25978

square

#9CA259 #59A284 #5F59A2 #A25978

split-complementary

#9CA259 #5978A2 #8459A2

monochromatic

#50532E #767B43 #9CA259 #B4B97F #CBCFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9CA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#9CA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA259

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA259	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.097 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babd89',
    500: '#9ca259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca259;
$custom-light: #babd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 29.084,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69077,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA259

secondary

#9D9ABC

accent

#62C56B

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA259

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

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