#9A997D#9A997D

#9A997D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.040 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A997D
RGB	rgb(154, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(58, 13%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 19%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 18.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -4.54, 14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 15.57, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0107 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.04 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4191, 31.1335, 23.9103)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A997D #7D7E9A

analogous

#9A8B7D #9A997D #8D9A7D

triadic

#9A997D #7D9A99 #997D9A

tetradic

#9A997D #7D9A8B #7D7E9A #9A7D8D

square

#9A997D #7D9A8B #7D7E9A #9A7D8D

split-complementary

#9A997D #7D8D9A #8B7D9A

monochromatic

#585744 #7B7A5F #9A997D #B5B49F #D0CFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9A997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9A997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9A997D

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A997D	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E977B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.040 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7a2',
    500: '#9a997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a997d;
$custom-light: #b8b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 12.554,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67615,
    "c": 0.03964,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A997D

secondary

#B3B4C0

accent

#75B572

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A997D

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

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