#9CA457#9CA457

#9CA457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.101 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA457
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 47%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -14.56, 38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 41.41, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0412 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.101 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7065, 34.3074, 14.1247)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA457 #5F57A4

analogous

#A48657 #9CA457 #76A457

triadic

#9CA457 #579CA4 #A4579C

tetradic

#9CA457 #57A486 #5F57A4 #A45776

square

#9CA457 #57A486 #5F57A4 #A45776

split-complementary

#9CA457 #5776A4 #8657A4

monochromatic

#50542D #767C42 #9CA457 #B4BA7E #CBD0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#9CA457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA457

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA457	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)

#AE9D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.101 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe88',
    500: '#9ca457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca457;
$custom-light: #bbbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.234,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69497,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA457

secondary

#9D99BD

accent

#61C76C

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA457

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

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