#9CA494#9CA494

#9CA494 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.025 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA494
RGB	rgb(156, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(90, 8%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(90, 10%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -5.86, 7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 9.38, 128.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0154 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.025 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3302, 35.7569, 33.2098)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA494 #9C94A4

analogous

#A4A494 #9CA494 #94A494

triadic

#9CA494 #949CA4 #A4949C

tetradic

#9CA494 #94A4A4 #9C94A4 #A49494

square

#9CA494 #94A4A4 #9C94A4 #A49494

split-complementary

#9CA494 #9494A4 #A494A4

monochromatic

#5F6657 #7D8873 #9CA494 #BBC0B5 #D9DCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9CA494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#9CA494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA494

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA494	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.025 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfb3',
    500: '#9ca494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca494;
$custom-light: #b9bfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 8.081,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70763,
    "c": 0.02452,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA494

secondary

#CAC7CD

accent

#539273

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA494

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

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