#9CA94D#9CA94D

#9CA94D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA94D
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 77)
HSL	hsl(68, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 54.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -18.10, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 48.73, 111.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0522 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.118 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2383, 35.9800, 12.4243)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA94D #5A4DA9

analogous

#A9884D #9CA94D #6EA94D

triadic

#9CA94D #4D9CA9 #A94D9C

tetradic

#9CA94D #4DA988 #5A4DA9 #A94D6E

square

#9CA94D #4DA988 #5A4DA9 #A94D6E

split-complementary

#9CA94D #4D6EA9 #884DA9

monochromatic

#4E5527 #757F3A #9CA94D #B5C074 #CBD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CA94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CA94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA94D

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA94D	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc282',
    500: '#9ca94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca94d;
$custom-light: #bbc282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.478,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70498,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA94D

secondary

#9992BF

accent

#5ACD6B

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA94D

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

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