#969986#969986

#969986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.027 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969986
RGB	rgb(150, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(69, 9%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 12%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -4.59, 9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 10.66, 115.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0113 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.027 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2715, 30.9878, 27.0415)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969986 #898699

analogous

#999386 #969986 #8D9986

triadic

#969986 #869699 #998696

tetradic

#969986 #869993 #898699 #99868D

square

#969986 #869993 #898699 #99868D

split-complementary

#969986 #868D99 #938699

monochromatic

#57594B #777B67 #969986 #B3B5A7 #D0D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#969986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#969986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969986

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969986	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.027 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7a9',
    500: '#969986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969986;
$custom-light: #b5b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 8.52,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67505,
    "c": 0.02742,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969986

secondary

#BBB9C1

accent

#76B280

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #969986

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

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