#9CA36D#9CA36D

#9CA36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.074 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA36D
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 109)
HSL	hsl(68, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 33.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -11.44, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 29.58, 112.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0307 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.074 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5679, 34.3667, 19.5408)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA36D #746DA3

analogous

#A38F6D #9CA36D #81A36D

triadic

#9CA36D #6D9CA3 #A36D9C

tetradic

#9CA36D #6DA38F #746DA3 #A36D81

square

#9CA36D #6DA38F #746DA3 #A36D81

split-complementary

#9CA36D #6D81A3 #8F6DA3

monochromatic

#575C3A #7B8151 #9CA36D #B5BB93 #CFD2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#9CA36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA36D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA36D	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9E69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.074 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babe97',
    500: '#9ca36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca36d;
$custom-light: #babe97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.778,
    "s": 22.689,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69642,
    "c": 0.07435,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA36D

secondary

#ADAAC2

accent

#69BF74

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11120D

muted

#80817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA36D

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

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