#9CAA4E#9CAA4E

#9CAA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA4E
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -18.52, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 48.76, 112.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0532 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.118 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4606, 36.3677, 12.6739)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA4E #5C4EAA

analogous

#AA8A4E #9CAA4E #6EAA4E

triadic

#9CAA4E #4E9CAA #AA4E9C

tetradic

#9CAA4E #4EAA8A #5C4EAA #AA4E6E

square

#9CAA4E #4EAA8A #5C4EAA #AA4E6E

split-complementary

#9CAA4E #4E6EAA #8A4EAA

monochromatic

#4F5628 #76803B #9CAA4E #B5C075 #CBD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#9CAA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#9CAA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA4E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA4E	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc382',
    500: '#9caa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa4e;
$custom-light: #bbc382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.13,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70738,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA4E

secondary

#9B94C0

accent

#5BCD6C

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F7EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA4E

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

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