#9CA48A#9CA48A

#9CA48A is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.038 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA48A
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 138)
HSL	hsl(78, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(78, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -7.60, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 14.67, 121.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0197 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.038 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5726, 35.4538, 29.2198)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA48A #928AA4

analogous

#A49F8A #9CA48A #8FA48A

triadic

#9CA48A #8A9CA4 #A48A9C

tetradic

#9CA48A #8AA49F #928AA4 #A48A8F

square

#9CA48A #8AA49F #928AA4 #A48A8F

split-complementary

#9CA48A #8A8FA4 #9F8AA4

monochromatic

#5E654F #7E8769 #9CA48A #B9BFAC #D6DACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#9CA48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA48A

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA48A	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.038 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfac',
    500: '#9ca48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca48a;
$custom-light: #b9bfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.462,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70502,
    "c": 0.03787,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA48A

secondary

#C3C0CA

accent

#72B587

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111210

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA48A

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

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