#9B987A#9B987A

#9B987A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.042 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B987A
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 122)
HSL	hsl(55, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 21%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 21.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -4.06, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 16.72, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0094 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.042 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2585, 30.8306, 22.8708)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B987A #7A7D9B

analogous

#9B887A #9B987A #8E9B7A

triadic

#9B987A #7A9B98 #987A9B

tetradic

#9B987A #7A9B88 #7A7D9B #9B7A8E

square

#9B987A #7A9B88 #7A7D9B #9B7A8E

split-complementary

#9B987A #7A8E9B #887A9B

monochromatic

#585642 #7B785D #9B987A #B5B39D #D0CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9B987A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#9B987A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B987A

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B987A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B987A	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b987a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.042 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b6a0',
    500: '#9b987a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b987a;
$custom-light: #b8b6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b987a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 14.163,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67412,
    "c": 0.04247,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B987A

secondary

#B1B3BF

accent

#77B771

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B987A

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

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