#9CAA8E#9CAA8E

#9CAA8E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.043 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAA8E
RGB	rgb(156, 170, 142)
HSL	hsl(90, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(90, 16%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 16.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -10.12, 12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 16.32, 128.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0269 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.043 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9667, 37.7702, 31.1395)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAA8E #9C8EAA

analogous

#AAAA8E #9CAA8E #8EAA8E

triadic

#9CAA8E #8E9CAA #AA8E9C

tetradic

#9CAA8E #8EAAAA #9C8EAA #AA8E8E

square

#9CAA8E #8EAAAA #9C8EAA #AA8E8E

split-complementary

#9CAA8E #8E8EAA #AA8EAA

monochromatic

#5F6C51 #7D8F6C #9CAA8E #BBC4B1 #D9DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9CAA8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9CAA8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAA8E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAA8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAA8E	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9caa8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 170, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.043 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9c3af',
    500: '#9caa8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9caa8e;
$custom-light: #b9c3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9caa8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 14.141,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71919,
    "c": 0.04255,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAA8E

secondary

#CAC5CF

accent

#4D9873

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F7F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111210

muted

#80817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAA8E

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

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