#9CAA8A#9CAA8A

#9CAA8A is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.048 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA8A
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(86, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(86, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -10.80, 14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 18.38, 125.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0286 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.048 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6718, 37.6522, 29.5862)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA8A #988AAA

analogous

#AAA88A #9CAA8A #8CAA8A

triadic

#9CAA8A #8A9CAA #AA8A9C

tetradic

#9CAA8A #8AAAA8 #988AAA #AA8A8C

square

#9CAA8A #8AAAA8 #988AAA #AA8A8C

split-complementary

#9CAA8A #8A8CAA #A88AAA

monochromatic

#5F6C4E #7E8F68 #9CAA8A #BAC4AD #D8DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9CAA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#9CAA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA8A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA8A	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.048 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3ac',
    500: '#9caa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa8a;
$custom-light: #b9c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.25,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.04771,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA8A

secondary

#C7C2CE

accent

#4B9A6E

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111210

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA8A

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

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