#9CA480#9CA480

#9CA480 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.051 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA480
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(73, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(73, 22%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 22%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -9.22, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 20.03, 117.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.024 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.051 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8817, 35.1775, 25.5809)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA480 #8880A4

analogous

#A49A80 #9CA480 #8AA480

triadic

#9CA480 #809CA4 #A4809C

tetradic

#9CA480 #80A49A #8880A4 #A4808A

square

#9CA480 #80A49A #8880A4 #A4808A

split-complementary

#9CA480 #808AA4 #9A80A4

monochromatic

#5D6347 #7E8660 #9CA480 #B8BEA4 #D4D7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#9CA480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#9CA480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA480

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA480	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.051 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfa5',
    500: '#9ca480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca480;
$custom-light: #b9bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 16.514,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70262,
    "c": 0.05125,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA480

secondary

#BCB9C7

accent

#6FB97F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11120F

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA480

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

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