#9CA355#9CA355

#9CA355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.102 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA355
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 47.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -14.24, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 41.90, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0404 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.102 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4476, 33.9186, 13.6409)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA355 #5C55A3

analogous

#A38355 #9CA355 #75A355

triadic

#9CA355 #559CA3 #A3559C

tetradic

#9CA355 #55A383 #5C55A3 #A35575

square

#9CA355 #55A383 #5C55A3 #A35575

split-complementary

#9CA355 #5575A3 #8355A3

monochromatic

#4F532B #767B40 #9CA355 #B5BA7B #CBCFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9CA355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#9CA355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA355

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA355	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.102 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe87',
    500: '#9ca355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca355;
$custom-light: #bbbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.385,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69243,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA355

secondary

#9B97BD

accent

#60C869

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA355

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

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