#9EA997#9EA997

#9EA997 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.028 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EA997
RGB	rgb(158, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(97, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(97, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -7.28, 7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 10.79, 132.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0194 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.028 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8735, 37.8792, 34.7990)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EA997 #A297A9

analogous

#A7A997 #9EA997 #97A999

triadic

#9EA997 #979EA9 #A9979E

tetradic

#9EA997 #97A7A9 #A297A9 #A99997

square

#9EA997 #97A7A9 #A297A9 #A99997

split-complementary

#9EA997 #9997A9 #A997A7

monochromatic

#616C59 #7F8D76 #9EA997 #BDC5B8 #DCE0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#9EA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#9EA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EA997

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EA997	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ea997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.028 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac2b5',
    500: '#9ea997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ea997;
$custom-light: #bac2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ea997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.667,
    "s": 9.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72089,
    "c": 0.02839,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EA997

secondary

#CFCBD1

accent

#52937A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EA997

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

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