#9CA757#9CA757

#9CA757 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA757
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 47.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -16.11, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 42.94, 112.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0456 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.105 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2497, 35.3938, 14.3058)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA757 #6257A7

analogous

#A78A57 #9CA757 #74A757

triadic

#9CA757 #579CA7 #A7579C

tetradic

#9CA757 #57A78A #6257A7 #A75774

square

#9CA757 #57A78A #6257A7 #A75774

split-complementary

#9CA757 #5774A7 #8A57A7

monochromatic

#51572D #767F42 #9CA757 #B4BC7F #CBD1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#9CA757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#9CA757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA757

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA757	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc188',
    500: '#9ca757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca757;
$custom-light: #bbc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.25,
    "s": 31.496,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70175,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA757

secondary

#A09BBF

accent

#60C86E

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA757

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

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