#9CA455#9CA455

#9CA455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA455
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 48.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -14.76, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 42.40, 110.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0419 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.104 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6259, 34.2751, 13.7003)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA455 #5D55A4

analogous

#A48555 #9CA455 #75A455

triadic

#9CA455 #559CA4 #A4559C

tetradic

#9CA455 #55A485 #5D55A4 #A45575

square

#9CA455 #55A485 #5D55A4 #A45575

split-complementary

#9CA455 #5575A4 #8555A4

monochromatic

#4F532B #767C40 #9CA455 #B4BB7B #CBD0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#9CA455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA455

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA455	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe87',
    500: '#9ca455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca455;
$custom-light: #bbbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.076,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69469,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA455

secondary

#9B98BD

accent

#60C86A

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA455

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

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