#9CA559#9CA559

#9CA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.101 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA559
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 46.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -14.87, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 40.92, 111.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0419 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.101 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9690, 34.6998, 14.6209)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA559 #6259A5

analogous

#A58859 #9CA559 #76A559

triadic

#9CA559 #599CA5 #A5599C

tetradic

#9CA559 #59A588 #6259A5 #A55976

square

#9CA559 #59A588 #6259A5 #A55976

split-complementary

#9CA559 #5976A5 #8859A5

monochromatic

#51552E #767D44 #9CA559 #B4BB80 #CBD0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9CA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#9CA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA559

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA559	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.101 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babf89',
    500: '#9ca559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca559;
$custom-light: #babf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.105,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69752,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA559

secondary

#A09CBE

accent

#62C66E

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA559

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

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