#9CA649#9CA649

#9CA649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.118 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA649
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 56%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -16.91, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 49.12, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0492 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.118 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5497, 34.8218, 11.5193)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA649 #5349A6

analogous

#A68249 #9CA649 #6EA649

triadic

#9CA649 #499CA6 #A6499C

tetradic

#9CA649 #49A682 #5349A6 #A6496E

square

#9CA649 #49A682 #5349A6 #A6496E

split-complementary

#9CA649 #496EA6 #8249A6

monochromatic

#4C5124 #747B36 #9CA649 #B6BF6D #CBD298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#9CA649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#9CA649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA649

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA649	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.118 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc07f',
    500: '#9ca649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca649;
$custom-light: #bbc07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.452,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69768,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA649

secondary

#928DBE

accent

#59CF66

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12120A

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA649

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

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