#9CA779#9CA779

#9CA779 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.065 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA779
RGB	rgb(156, 167, 121)
HSL	hsl(74, 21%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 28%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 27.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -11.87, 22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 25.49, 117.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0315 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.065 119)
XYZ	xyz(30.9800, 36.0859, 23.4187)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA779 #8479A7

analogous

#A79B79 #9CA779 #85A779

triadic

#9CA779 #799CA7 #A7799C

tetradic

#9CA779 #79A79B #8479A7 #A77985

square

#9CA779 #79A79B #8479A7 #A77985

split-complementary

#9CA779 #7985A7 #9B79A7

monochromatic

#5C6442 #7E895A #9CA779 #B7BF9E #D3D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CA779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#9CA779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA779

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA779	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 167, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.065 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c1a0',
    500: '#9ca779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca779;
$custom-light: #b9c1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.348,
    "s": 20.721,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70772,
    "c": 0.06497,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.36086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA779

secondary

#B9B4C7

accent

#6BBD7E

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F7F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11120E

muted

#80817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA779

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

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