#9CA85E#9CA85E

#9CA85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA85E
RGB	rgb(156, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(70, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 44%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 44%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -15.88, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 39.98, 113.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0443 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.099 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7336, 35.8816, 15.9470)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA85E #6A5EA8

analogous

#A88F5E #9CA85E #77A85E

triadic

#9CA85E #5E9CA8 #A85E9C

tetradic

#9CA85E #5EA88F #6A5EA8 #A85E77

square

#9CA85E #5EA88F #6A5EA8 #A85E77

split-complementary

#9CA85E #5E77A8 #8F5EA8

monochromatic

#545B31 #798246 #9CA85E #B4BD86 #CDD3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#9CA85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#9CA85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA85E

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA85E	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac18d',
    500: '#9ca85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca85e;
$custom-light: #bac18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.73,
    "s": 29.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70505,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA85E

secondary

#A6A1C1

accent

#62C672

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA85E

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

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