#9CA453#9CA453

#9CA453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.106 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA453
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 83)
HSL	hsl(66, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 49.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -14.96, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 43.38, 110.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0427 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.106 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5475, 34.2438, 13.2878)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA453 #5B53A4

analogous

#A48353 #9CA453 #73A453

triadic

#9CA453 #539CA4 #A4539C

tetradic

#9CA453 #53A483 #5B53A4 #A45373

square

#9CA453 #53A483 #5B53A4 #A45373

split-complementary

#9CA453 #5373A4 #8353A4

monochromatic

#4F532A #757B3E #9CA453 #B5BB79 #CBD0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#9CA453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#9CA453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA453

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA453	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.106 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe85',
    500: '#9ca453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca453;
$custom-light: #bbbe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.926,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69441,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA453

secondary

#9A96BD

accent

#5FC969

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA453

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

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