#9B9873#9B9873

#9B9873 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.052 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9873
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 25.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -5.11, 19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 20.57, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0124 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.052 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8403, 30.6633, 20.6683)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9873 #73769B

analogous

#9B8473 #9B9873 #8A9B73

triadic

#9B9873 #739B98 #98739B

tetradic

#9B9873 #739B84 #73769B #9B738A

square

#9B9873 #739B84 #73769B #9B738A

split-complementary

#9B9873 #738A9B #84739B

monochromatic

#56543D #7A7757 #9B9873 #B4B297 #CECDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9B9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#9B9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9873

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9873	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.052 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b69b',
    500: '#9b9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9873;
$custom-light: #b9b69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67253,
    "c": 0.05187,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9873

secondary

#ACAEBE

accent

#74B96E

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9873

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

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