#9CA950#9CA950

#9CA950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA950
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(69, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 52.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -17.82, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 47.32, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0511 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.115 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3467, 36.0234, 12.9951)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA950 #5D50A9

analogous

#A98A50 #9CA950 #70A950

triadic

#9CA950 #509CA9 #A9509C

tetradic

#9CA950 #50A98A #5D50A9 #A95070

square

#9CA950 #50A98A #5D50A9 #A95070

split-complementary

#9CA950 #5070A9 #8A50A9

monochromatic

#4F5629 #767F3C #9CA950 #B4BF77 #CBD2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CA950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#9CA950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA950

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA950	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)

#B3A148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc284',
    500: '#9ca950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca950;
$custom-light: #bbc284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.764,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70535,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA950

secondary

#9B95C0

accent

#5CCC6C

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA950

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

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