#9CA35B#9CA35B

#9CA35B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.096 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA35B
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 91)
HSL	hsl(66, 28%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 44%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 44.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -13.61, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 38.90, 110.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0381 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.096 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6962, 34.0180, 14.9499)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA35B #625BA3

analogous

#A3865B #9CA35B #78A35B

triadic

#9CA35B #5B9CA3 #A35B9C

tetradic

#9CA35B #5BA386 #625BA3 #A35B78

square

#9CA35B #5BA386 #625BA3 #A35B78

split-complementary

#9CA35B #5B78A3 #865BA3

monochromatic

#51542F #767C45 #9CA35B #B4B982 #CBCFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9CA35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#9CA35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA35B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA35B	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)

#AC9D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.096 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babe8b',
    500: '#9ca35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca35b;
$custom-light: #babe8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.833,
    "s": 28.346,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69332,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA35B

secondary

#A09DBD

accent

#63C56D

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA35B

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

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