#9B9869#9B9869

#9B9869 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.065 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9869
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 20%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 32.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -6.49, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 26.01, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0167 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.065 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2958, 30.4455, 17.8005)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9869 #696C9B

analogous

#9B7F69 #9B9869 #859B69

triadic

#9B9869 #699B98 #98699B

tetradic

#9B9869 #699B7F #696C9B #9B6985

square

#9B9869 #699B7F #696C9B #9B6985

split-complementary

#9B9869 #69859B #7F699B

monochromatic

#535137 #777550 #9B9869 #B3B18E #CCCAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#9B9869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#9B9869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9869

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9869	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1976B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.065 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b694',
    500: '#9b9869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9869;
$custom-light: #b9b694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67045,
    "c": 0.06489,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9869

secondary

#A5A6BB

accent

#70BD6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9869

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

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