#9CA486#9CA486

#9CA486 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.043 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA486
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(76, 14%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(76, 18%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -8.27, 14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 16.81, 119.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0214 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.043 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2883, 35.3401, 27.7226)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA486 #8E86A4

analogous

#A49D86 #9CA486 #8DA486

triadic

#9CA486 #869CA4 #A4869C

tetradic

#9CA486 #86A49D #8E86A4 #A4868D

square

#9CA486 #86A49D #8E86A4 #A4868D

split-complementary

#9CA486 #868DA4 #9D86A4

monochromatic

#5E644B #7E8766 #9CA486 #B9BEA9 #D5D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#9CA486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA486

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA486	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.043 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfa9',
    500: '#9ca486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca486;
$custom-light: #b9bfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76,
    "s": 14.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70403,
    "c": 0.04324,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA486

secondary

#C0BDC9

accent

#71B784

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11120F

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA486

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

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