#9CA44E#9CA44E

#9CA44E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA44E
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -15.44, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 45.80, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0445 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.111 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3614, 34.1694, 12.3075)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA44E #564EA4

analogous

#A4814E #9CA44E #71A44E

triadic

#9CA44E #4E9CA4 #A44E9C

tetradic

#9CA44E #4EA481 #564EA4 #A44E71

square

#9CA44E #4EA481 #564EA4 #A44E71

split-complementary

#9CA44E #4E71A4 #814EA4

monochromatic

#4D5127 #757B3A #9CA44E #B6BC73 #CBD09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9CA44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#9CA44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA44E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA44E	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe82',
    500: '#9ca44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca44e;
$custom-light: #bbbe82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69375,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA44E

secondary

#9591BD

accent

#5CCC67

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA44E

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

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