#9CA488#9CA488

#9CA488 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.041 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA488
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(77, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(77, 17%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -7.94, 13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 15.74, 120.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0205 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.041 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4291, 35.3964, 28.4642)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA488 #9088A4

analogous

#A49E88 #9CA488 #8EA488

triadic

#9CA488 #889CA4 #A4889C

tetradic

#9CA488 #88A49E #9088A4 #A4888E

square

#9CA488 #88A49E #9088A4 #A4888E

split-complementary

#9CA488 #888EA4 #9E88A4

monochromatic

#5E654D #7E8767 #9CA488 #B9BFAB #D6D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#9CA488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA488

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA488	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.041 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfaa',
    500: '#9ca488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca488;
$custom-light: #b9bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70452,
    "c": 0.04056,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA488

secondary

#C2BEC9

accent

#72B685

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111210

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA488

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

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