#9CA55B#9CA55B

#9CA55B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.098 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA55B
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 91)
HSL	hsl(67, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 44.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -14.65, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 39.92, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0411 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.098 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0541, 34.7339, 15.0692)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA55B #645BA5

analogous

#A5895B #9CA55B #77A55B

triadic

#9CA55B #5B9CA5 #A55B9C

tetradic

#9CA55B #5BA589 #645BA5 #A55B77

square

#9CA55B #5BA589 #645BA5 #A55B77

split-complementary

#9CA55B #5B77A5 #895BA5

monochromatic

#52562F #777E45 #9CA55B #B4BB83 #CCD0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9CA55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#9CA55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA55B

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA55B	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.098 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babf8b',
    500: '#9ca55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca55b;
$custom-light: #babf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.297,
    "s": 29.134,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69782,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA55B

secondary

#A19DBE

accent

#62C56E

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA55B

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

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