#9CA685#9CA685

#9CA685 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.048 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA685
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 133)
HSL	hsl(78, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(78, 20%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 19.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -9.49, 15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 18.55, 120.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0248 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.048 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5797, 36.0338, 27.4773)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA685 #8F85A6

analogous

#A69F85 #9CA685 #8BA685

triadic

#9CA685 #859CA6 #A6859C

tetradic

#9CA685 #85A69F #8F85A6 #A6858B

square

#9CA685 #85A69F #8F85A6 #A6858B

split-complementary

#9CA685 #858BA6 #9F85A6

monochromatic

#5E664A #7E8964 #9CA685 #B9C0A8 #D5DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CA685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#9CA685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA685

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA685	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.048 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c0a8',
    500: '#9ca685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca685;
$custom-light: #b9c0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.182,
    "s": 15.64,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70819,
    "c": 0.04775,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA685

secondary

#C1BDCA

accent

#6FB886

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11120F

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA685

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

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