#9B9863#9B9863

#9B9863 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.072 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9863
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 36.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -7.25, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 29.23, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0192 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.072 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9983, 30.3265, 16.2333)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9863 #63669B

analogous

#9B7C63 #9B9863 #829B63

triadic

#9B9863 #639B98 #98639B

tetradic

#9B9863 #639B7C #63669B #9B6382

square

#9B9863 #639B7C #63669B #9B6382

split-complementary

#9B9863 #63829B #7C639B

monochromatic

#504F33 #76734B #9B9863 #B3B188 #CBC9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9B9863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#9B9863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9863

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9863	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1945F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.072 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b690',
    500: '#9b9863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9863;
$custom-light: #b9b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 22.047,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66931,
    "c": 0.07241,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9863

secondary

#A0A2BA

accent

#6EBF69

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110C

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9863

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

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