#9CA281#9CA281

#9CA281 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.047 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA281
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(71, 15%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 20%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 20.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -8.00, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 18.32, 115.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0205 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.047 116)
XYZ	xyz(30.5927, 34.4937, 25.8109)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA281 #8781A2

analogous

#A29881 #9CA281 #8CA281

triadic

#9CA281 #819CA2 #A2819C

tetradic

#9CA281 #81A298 #8781A2 #A2818C

square

#9CA281 #81A298 #8781A2 #A2818C

split-complementary

#9CA281 #818CA2 #9881A2

monochromatic

#5C6148 #7E8462 #9CA281 #B8BCA4 #D3D6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9CA281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#9CA281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA281

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA281	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69F82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.047 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bda5',
    500: '#9ca281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca281;
$custom-light: #b9bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 15.068,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69845,
    "c": 0.04687,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.34494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA281

secondary

#BBB9C6

accent

#70B87D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11120F

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA281

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

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