#9B987E#9B987E

#9B987E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.037 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B987E
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 126)
HSL	hsl(54, 13%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 19%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 18.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -3.44, 14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 14.52, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0076 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.037 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5115, 30.9318, 24.2031)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B987E #7E819B

analogous

#9B897E #9B987E #909B7E

triadic

#9B987E #7E9B98 #987E9B

tetradic

#9B987E #7E9B89 #7E819B #9B7E90

square

#9B987E #7E9B89 #7E819B #9B7E90

split-complementary

#9B987E #7E909B #897E9B

monochromatic

#595745 #7C7960 #9B987E #B6B4A0 #D0CFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9B987E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#9B987E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B987E

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B987E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B987E	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D967C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E987F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b987e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.037 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b6a3',
    500: '#9b987e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b987e;
$custom-light: #b8b6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b987e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 12.664,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67508,
    "c": 0.03701,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B987E

secondary

#B4B6C0

accent

#79B672

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B987E

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

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