#9CA985#9CA985

#9CA985 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.053 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA985
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(82, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 21.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -11.08, 17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 20.37, 122.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0293 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.053 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1314, 37.1372, 27.6612)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA985 #9285A9

analogous

#A9A485 #9CA985 #8AA985

triadic

#9CA985 #859CA9 #A9859C

tetradic

#9CA985 #85A9A4 #9285A9 #A9858A

square

#9CA985 #85A9A4 #9285A9 #A9858A

split-complementary

#9CA985 #858AA9 #A485A9

monochromatic

#5E694A #7E8D64 #9CA985 #B9C2A9 #D6DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9CA985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#9CA985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA985

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA985	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.053 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c2a8',
    500: '#9ca985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca985;
$custom-light: #b9c2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.667,
    "s": 17.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71482,
    "c": 0.05256,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA985

secondary

#C3BECC

accent

#6EBA89

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11120F

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA985

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

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