#9CA549#9CA549

#9CA549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA549
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -16.40, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 48.64, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0478 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.117 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3686, 34.4597, 11.4590)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA549 #5249A5

analogous

#A58049 #9CA549 #6EA549

triadic

#9CA549 #499CA5 #A5499C

tetradic

#9CA549 #49A580 #5249A5 #A5496E

square

#9CA549 #49A580 #5249A5 #A5496E

split-complementary

#9CA549 #496EA5 #8049A5

monochromatic

#4C5023 #747B36 #9CA549 #B6BE6D #CBD197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#9CA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#9CA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA549

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA549	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbf7f',
    500: '#9ca549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca549;
$custom-light: #bbbf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.87,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69541,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA549

secondary

#918DBD

accent

#59CF65

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12120A

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA549

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

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