#96997D#96997D

#96997D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.040 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96997D
RGB	rgb(150, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(66, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -6.09, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 15.62, 112.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0152 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.04 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6703, 30.7474, 23.8752)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96997D #807D99

analogous

#998E7D #96997D #88997D

triadic

#96997D #7D9699 #997D96

tetradic

#96997D #7D998E #807D99 #997D88

square

#96997D #7D998E #807D99 #997D88

split-complementary

#96997D #7D8899 #8E7D99

monochromatic

#555744 #77795F #96997D #B2B49F #CDCFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#96997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#96997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96997D

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96997D	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E967B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D977E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.040 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7a2',
    500: '#96997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96997d;
$custom-light: #b5b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67276,
    "c": 0.03992,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96997D

secondary

#B4B3BF

accent

#73B57A

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #96997D

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

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