#9CA989#9CA989

#9CA989 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.047 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CA989
RGB	rgb(156, 169, 137)
HSL	hsl(84, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(84, 19%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 18.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -10.43, 15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 18.28, 124.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0275 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.047 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4130, 37.2499, 29.1444)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CA989 #9689A9

analogous

#A9A689 #9CA989 #8CA989

triadic

#9CA989 #899CA9 #A9899C

tetradic

#9CA989 #89A9A6 #9689A9 #A9898C

square

#9CA989 #89A9A6 #9689A9 #A9898C

split-complementary

#9CA989 #898CA9 #A689A9

monochromatic

#5E6A4D #7E8E67 #9CA989 #BAC3AC #D7DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9CA989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#9CA989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CA989

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CA989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CA989	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ca989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 169, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.047 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c2ab',
    500: '#9ca989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ca989;
$custom-light: #b9c2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ca989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.375,
    "s": 15.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.04736,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CA989

secondary

#C6C1CD

accent

#6FB88D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111210

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CA989

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

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