#9CA449#9CA449

#9CA449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.116 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA449
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -15.88, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 48.16, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0463 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.116 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1889, 34.1004, 11.3991)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA449 #5149A4

analogous

#A47F49 #9CA449 #6FA449

triadic

#9CA449 #499CA4 #A4499C

tetradic

#9CA449 #49A47F #5149A4 #A4496F

square

#9CA449 #49A47F #5149A4 #A4496F

split-complementary

#9CA449 #496FA4 #7F49A4

monochromatic

#4B4F23 #747A36 #9CA449 #B7BE6C #CCD197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9CA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#9CA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA449

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA449	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.116 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe7f',
    500: '#9ca449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca449;
$custom-light: #bbbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.275,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69314,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA449

secondary

#908CBD

accent

#59CE64

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12120A

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA449

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

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