#9CA585#9CA585

#9CA585 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.046 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA585
RGB	rgb(156, 165, 133)
HSL	hsl(77, 15%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(77, 19%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 19.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -8.96, 15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 17.95, 119.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0233 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.046 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3986, 35.6717, 27.4169)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA585 #8E85A5

analogous

#A59E85 #9CA585 #8CA585

triadic

#9CA585 #859CA5 #A5859C

tetradic

#9CA585 #85A59E #8E85A5 #A5858C

square

#9CA585 #85A59E #8E85A5 #A5858C

split-complementary

#9CA585 #858CA5 #9E85A5

monochromatic

#5E654B #7E8865 #9CA585 #B9BFA8 #D5D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9CA585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#9CA585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA585

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA585	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 165, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.046 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bfa8',
    500: '#9ca585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca585;
$custom-light: #b9bfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.875,
    "s": 15.094,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70599,
    "c": 0.04616,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA585

secondary

#C0BDC9

accent

#70B884

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11120F

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA585

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

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