#9CA359#9CA359

#9CA359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA359
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 45.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -13.83, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 39.90, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0389 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.098 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6110, 33.9840, 14.5016)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA359 #6059A3

analogous

#A38559 #9CA359 #77A359

triadic

#9CA359 #599CA3 #A3599C

tetradic

#9CA359 #59A385 #6059A3 #A35977

square

#9CA359 #59A385 #6059A3 #A35977

split-complementary

#9CA359 #5977A3 #8559A3

monochromatic

#50542E #767B43 #9CA359 #B4B980 #CBCFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9CA359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#9CA359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA359

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA359	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babe89',
    500: '#9ca359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca359;
$custom-light: #babe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.676,
    "s": 29.365,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69302,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA359

secondary

#9E9BBD

accent

#62C66C

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA359

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

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