#9CA563#9CA563

#9CA563 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.089 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA563
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 99)
HSL	hsl(68, 27%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 40%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 40%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -13.74, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 35.86, 112.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0378 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.089 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4178, 34.8794, 16.9846)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA563 #6C63A5

analogous

#A58D63 #9CA563 #7BA563

triadic

#9CA563 #639CA5 #A5639C

tetradic

#9CA563 #63A58D #6C63A5 #A5637B

square

#9CA563 #63A58D #6C63A5 #A5637B

split-complementary

#9CA563 #637BA5 #8D63A5

monochromatic

#555A34 #79814A #9CA563 #B5BB8A #CDD2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#9CA563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#9CA563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA563

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA563	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.089 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babf90',
    500: '#9ca563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca563;
$custom-light: #babf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6991,
    "c": 0.08924,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA563

secondary

#A7A3C0

accent

#65C372

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA563

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

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