#9CA657#9CA657

#9CA657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA657
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 47.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -15.59, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 42.42, 111.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0441 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.104 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0672, 35.0288, 14.2450)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA657 #6157A6

analogous

#A68957 #9CA657 #75A657

triadic

#9CA657 #579CA6 #A6579C

tetradic

#9CA657 #57A689 #6157A6 #A65775

square

#9CA657 #57A689 #6157A6 #A65775

split-complementary

#9CA657 #5775A6 #8957A6

monochromatic

#51562D #767E42 #9CA657 #B4BC7F #CBD1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9CA657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#9CA657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA657

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA657	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc088',
    500: '#9ca657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca657;
$custom-light: #bbc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.595,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69949,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA657

secondary

#9F9ABE

accent

#60C76D

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA657

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

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