#9CAB4E#9CAB4E

#9CAB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAB4E
RGB	rgb(156, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(70, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 54.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -19.02, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 49.26, 112.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0547 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.12 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6488, 36.7441, 12.7367)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAB4E #5D4EAB

analogous

#AB8C4E #9CAB4E #6EAB4E

triadic

#9CAB4E #4E9CAB #AB4E9C

tetradic

#9CAB4E #4EAB8C #5D4EAB #AB4E6E

square

#9CAB4E #4EAB8C #5D4EAB #AB4E6E

split-complementary

#9CAB4E #4E6EAB #8C4EAB

monochromatic

#4F5728 #76813B #9CAB4E #B4C076 #CBD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#9CAB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#9CAB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAB4E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAB4E	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc482',
    500: '#9cab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cab4e;
$custom-light: #bbc482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70966,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAB4E

secondary

#9B94C1

accent

#5ACD6D

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F7F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#12120B

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAB4E

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

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