#9B985E#9B985E

#9B985E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.078 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B985E
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 39%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 39.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -7.85, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 31.89, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0213 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.078 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7666, 30.2338, 15.0132)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B985E #5E619B

analogous

#9B7A5E #9B985E #809B5E

triadic

#9B985E #5E9B98 #985E9B

tetradic

#9B985E #5E9B7A #5E619B #9B5E80

square

#9B985E #5E9B7A #5E619B #9B5E80

split-complementary

#9B985E #5E809B #7A5E9B

monochromatic

#4F4D30 #757347 #9B985E #B4B183 #CBC9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9B985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9B985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B985E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B985E	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1945A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.078 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b68c',
    500: '#9b985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b985e;
$custom-light: #b9b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 24.498,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66842,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B985E

secondary

#9C9DB9

accent

#6BC167

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B985E

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

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