#9CA28E#9CA28E

#9CA28E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.029 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA28E
RGB	rgb(156, 162, 142)
HSL	hsl(78, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(78, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 12.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -5.84, 9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 11.30, 121.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0149 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.029 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5124, 34.8616, 30.6548)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA28E #948EA2

analogous

#A29E8E #9CA28E #92A28E

triadic

#9CA28E #8E9CA2 #A28E9C

tetradic

#9CA28E #8EA29E #948EA2 #A28E92

square

#9CA28E #8EA29E #948EA2 #A28E92

split-complementary

#9CA28E #8E92A2 #9E8EA2

monochromatic

#5E6452 #7E856E #9CA28E #B9BEB0 #D7D9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9CA28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#9CA28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA28E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA28E	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 162, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.029 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bdaf',
    500: '#9ca28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca28e;
$custom-light: #b9bdaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70168,
    "c": 0.02922,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA28E

secondary

#C4C2CA

accent

#75B388

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111210

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA28E

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

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