#9CA696#9CA696

#9CA696 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.025 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA696
RGB	rgb(156, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(98, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(98, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 9.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -6.58, 7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 9.66, 132.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0175 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.025 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8506, 36.5422, 34.1709)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA696 #A096A6

analogous

#A4A696 #9CA696 #96A698

triadic

#9CA696 #969CA6 #A6969C

tetradic

#9CA696 #96A4A6 #A096A6 #A69896

square

#9CA696 #96A4A6 #A096A6 #A69896

split-complementary

#9CA696 #9896A6 #A696A4

monochromatic

#5F6959 #7D8A75 #9CA696 #BBC2B7 #DADED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#9CA696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#9CA696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA696

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA696	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.025 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c0b4',
    500: '#9ca696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca696;
$custom-light: #b9c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 8.247,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71253,
    "c": 0.02542,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA696

secondary

#CDC9CF

accent

#53927B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA696

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

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