#9CA459#9CA459

#9CA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.099 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA459
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -14.35, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 40.41, 110.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0404 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.099 114)
XYZ	xyz(28.7893, 34.3405, 14.5610)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA459 #6159A4

analogous

#A48759 #9CA459 #77A459

triadic

#9CA459 #599CA4 #A4599C

tetradic

#9CA459 #59A487 #6159A4 #A45977

square

#9CA459 #59A487 #6159A4 #A45977

split-complementary

#9CA459 #5977A4 #8759A4

monochromatic

#51552E #767C43 #9CA459 #B4BA80 #CBD0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#9CA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#9CA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA459

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA459	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.099 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babe89',
    500: '#9ca459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca459;
$custom-light: #babe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.4,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69527,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.3434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA459

secondary

#9F9BBE

accent

#62C66D

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA459

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

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