#9CA356#9CA356

#9CA356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.101 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA356
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 47.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -14.14, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 41.40, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0401 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.101 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4876, 33.9346, 13.8516)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA356 #5D56A3

analogous

#A38456 #9CA356 #76A356

triadic

#9CA356 #569CA3 #A3569C

tetradic

#9CA356 #56A384 #5D56A3 #A35676

square

#9CA356 #56A384 #5D56A3 #A35676

split-complementary

#9CA356 #5676A3 #8456A3

monochromatic

#4F532C #767B41 #9CA356 #B4BA7C #CBCFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#9CA356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#9CA356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA356

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA356	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.101 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe87',
    500: '#9ca356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca356;
$custom-light: #bbbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 30.924,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69258,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA356

secondary

#9B98BD

accent

#61C76A

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA356

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

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