#9CA378#9CA378

#9CA378 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.060 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA378
RGB	rgb(156, 163, 120)
HSL	hsl(70, 19%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 26%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 26.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -9.90, 21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 23.73, 114.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0259 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.06 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1975, 34.6186, 22.8569)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA378 #7F78A3

analogous

#A39478 #9CA378 #86A378

triadic

#9CA378 #789CA3 #A3789C

tetradic

#9CA378 #78A394 #7F78A3 #A37886

square

#9CA378 #78A394 #7F78A3 #A37886

split-complementary

#9CA378 #7886A3 #9478A3

monochromatic

#5B6041 #7D845A #9CA378 #B7BC9C #D1D5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9CA378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#9CA378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA378

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA378	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 163, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.060 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9be9f',
    500: '#9ca378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca378;
$custom-light: #b9be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 18.943,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69864,
    "c": 0.06029,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA378

secondary

#B5B2C4

accent

#6CBC79

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11120E

muted

#80817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA378

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

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