#9A996E#9A996E

#9A996E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.060 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A996E
RGB	rgb(154, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 18%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 28.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -6.76, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 23.79, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0173 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.06 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5322, 30.7787, 19.2393)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A996E #6E6F9A

analogous

#9A836E #9A996E #859A6E

triadic

#9A996E #6E9A99 #996E9A

tetradic

#9A996E #6E9A83 #6E6F9A #9A6E85

square

#9A996E #6E9A83 #6E6F9A #9A6E85

split-complementary

#9A996E #6E859A #836E9A

monochromatic

#53533A #787753 #9A996E #B3B292 #CCCCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9A996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#9A996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9A996E

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A996E	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0966B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.060 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b798',
    500: '#9a996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a996e;
$custom-light: #b8b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 17.886,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67279,
    "c": 0.05973,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A996E

secondary

#A8A9BC

accent

#6FBB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A996E

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

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