#9CAB5B#9CAB5B

#9CAB5B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.106 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CAB5B
RGB	rgb(156, 171, 91)
HSL	hsl(71, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 46.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -17.75, 39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 43.05, 114.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0498 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.106 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1618, 36.9493, 15.4385)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9CAB5B #6A5BAB

analogous

#AB925B #9CAB5B #74AB5B

triadic

#9CAB5B #5B9CAB #AB5B9C

tetradic

#9CAB5B #5BAB92 #6A5BAB #AB5B74

square

#9CAB5B #5BAB92 #6A5BAB #AB5B74

split-complementary

#9CAB5B #5B74AB #925BAB

monochromatic

#545C2F #798544 #9CAB5B #B4C083 #CDD4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9CAB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9CAB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CAB5B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CAB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CAB5B	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cab5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 171, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.106 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac48b',
    500: '#9cab5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cab5b;
$custom-light: #bac48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cab5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 32.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71139,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CAB5B

secondary

#A69FC3

accent

#5FC873

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#12120C

muted

#81817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CAB5B

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

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