#9CA970#9CA970

#9CA970 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.079 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA970
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(74, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 34%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 33.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -14.18, 27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 31.34, 116.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0383 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.079 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8228, 36.6138, 20.7695)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA970 #7D70A9

analogous

#A99970 #9CA970 #7FA970

triadic

#9CA970 #709CA9 #A9709C

tetradic

#9CA970 #70A999 #7D70A9 #A9707F

square

#9CA970 #70A999 #7D70A9 #A9707F

split-complementary

#9CA970 #707FA9 #9970A9

monochromatic

#5A633C #7D8953 #9CA970 #B6C096 #D1D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#9CA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA970

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA970	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A36C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.079 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac299',
    500: '#9ca970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca970;
$custom-light: #bac299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.684,
    "s": 24.891,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71039,
    "c": 0.07927,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA970

secondary

#B4AEC6

accent

#66C17B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F7F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11120E

muted

#80817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA970

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

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