#9A9986#9A9986

#9A9986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.027 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9986
RGB	rgb(154, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(57, 9%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 13%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 13%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -3.06, 10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 10.58, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0069 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.027 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0203, 31.3740, 27.0766)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9986 #86879A

analogous

#9A8F86 #9A9986 #919A86

triadic

#9A9986 #869A99 #99869A

tetradic

#9A9986 #869A8F #86879A #9A8691

square

#9A9986 #869A8F #86879A #9A8691

split-complementary

#9A9986 #86919A #8F869A

monochromatic

#5A5A4B #7C7B67 #9A9986 #B6B5A7 #D2D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9A9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#9A9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9986

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9986	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.027 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7a9',
    500: '#9a9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9986;
$custom-light: #b7b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 9.009,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67841,
    "c": 0.02715,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9986

secondary

#BABAC2

accent

#79B276

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9986

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

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