#9CA489#9CA489

#9CA489 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.039 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA489
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(78, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(78, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 16.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -7.77, 13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 15.21, 120.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0201 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.039 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5005, 35.4250, 28.8403)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA489 #9189A4

analogous

#A49F89 #9CA489 #8FA489

triadic

#9CA489 #899CA4 #A4899C

tetradic

#9CA489 #89A49F #9189A4 #A4898F

square

#9CA489 #89A49F #9189A4 #A4898F

split-complementary

#9CA489 #898FA4 #9F89A4

monochromatic

#5E654E #7E8768 #9CA489 #B9BFAC #D6D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#9CA489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA489

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA489	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)

#A8A187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.039 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfab',
    500: '#9ca489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca489;
$custom-light: #b9bfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.778,
    "s": 12.919,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70477,
    "c": 0.03921,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA489

secondary

#C2BFCA

accent

#72B686

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111210

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA489

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

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