#9CA56D#9CA56D

#9CA56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.077 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA56D
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(70, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 33.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -12.49, 28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 30.67, 114.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0337 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.077 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9258, 35.0826, 19.6601)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA56D #766DA5

analogous

#A5926D #9CA56D #80A56D

triadic

#9CA56D #6D9CA5 #A56D9C

tetradic

#9CA56D #6DA592 #766DA5 #A56D80

square

#9CA56D #6DA592 #766DA5 #A56D80

split-complementary

#9CA56D #6D80A5 #926DA5

monochromatic

#585E3A #7C8451 #9CA56D #B6BC93 #CFD4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9CA56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#9CA56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA56D

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA56D	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA06F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.077 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babf97',
    500: '#9ca56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca56d;
$custom-light: #babf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.643,
    "s": 23.729,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70088,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA56D

secondary

#AFABC3

accent

#68C076

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F7F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11120D

muted

#80817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA56D

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

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