#9CA97E#9CA97E

#9CA97E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.062 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA97E
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 126)
HSL	hsl(78, 20%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(78, 25%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 25.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -12.18, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 24.04, 120.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0323 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.062 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6638, 36.9502, 25.1986)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA97E #8B7EA9

analogous

#A9A17E #9CA97E #86A97E

triadic

#9CA97E #7E9CA9 #A97E9C

tetradic

#9CA97E #7EA9A1 #8B7EA9 #A97E86

square

#9CA97E #7EA9A1 #8B7EA9 #A97E86

split-complementary

#9CA97E #7E86A9 #A17EA9

monochromatic

#5D6845 #7E8C5E #9CA97E #B8C1A3 #D4DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9CA97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9CA97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA97E

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA97E	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA47B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.062 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c2a3',
    500: '#9ca97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca97e;
$custom-light: #b9c2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.14,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71324,
    "c": 0.06163,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA97E

secondary

#BEB9CA

accent

#6BBD84

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11120F

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA97E

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

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