#9CA557#9CA557

#9CA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.103 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA557
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 47.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -15.08, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 41.92, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0426 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.103 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8861, 34.6667, 14.1846)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA557 #6057A5

analogous

#A58757 #9CA557 #75A557

triadic

#9CA557 #579CA5 #A5579C

tetradic

#9CA557 #57A587 #6057A5 #A55775

square

#9CA557 #57A587 #6057A5 #A55775

split-complementary

#9CA557 #5775A5 #8757A5

monochromatic

#50552D #767D42 #9CA557 #B4BB7E #CBD0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#9CA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#9CA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA557

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA557	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.103 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbf88',
    500: '#9ca557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca557;
$custom-light: #bbbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA557

secondary

#9E9ABE

accent

#61C76C

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA557

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

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