#9CA855#9CA855

#9CA855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.109 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA855
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -16.83, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 44.42, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0478 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.109 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3530, 35.7294, 13.9427)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA855 #6155A8

analogous

#A88B55 #9CA855 #73A855

triadic

#9CA855 #559CA8 #A8559C

tetradic

#9CA855 #55A88B #6155A8 #A85573

square

#9CA855 #55A88B #6155A8 #A85573

split-complementary

#9CA855 #5573A8 #8B55A8

monochromatic

#51572C #767F40 #9CA855 #B4BD7D #CBD2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#9CA855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#9CA855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA855

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA855	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.109 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc187',
    500: '#9ca855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca855;
$custom-light: #bbc187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.675,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70374,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA855

secondary

#9F99BF

accent

#5FC96E

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA855

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

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