#9CA951#9CA951

#9CA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA951
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 52.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -17.73, 43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 46.85, 112.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0507 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.114 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3839, 36.0383, 13.1911)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA951 #5E51A9

analogous

#A98A51 #9CA951 #70A951

triadic

#9CA951 #519CA9 #A9519C

tetradic

#9CA951 #51A98A #5E51A9 #A95170

square

#9CA951 #51A98A #5E51A9 #A95170

split-complementary

#9CA951 #5170A9 #8A51A9

monochromatic

#505629 #76803D #9CA951 #B4BF79 #CBD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9CA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#9CA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA951

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA951	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc284',
    500: '#9ca951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca951;
$custom-light: #bbc284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.864,
    "s": 35.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70548,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA951

secondary

#9C96C0

accent

#5DCB6D

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F7EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA951

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

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