#9B996A#9B996A

#9B996A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.065 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B996A
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 106)
HSL	hsl(58, 20%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 32%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 31.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -6.89, 25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 25.96, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0178 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.065 106)
XYZ	xyz(27.5105, 30.7921, 18.1271)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B996A #6A6C9B

analogous

#9B806A #9B996A #849B6A

triadic

#9B996A #6A9B99 #996A9B

tetradic

#9B996A #6A9B80 #6A6C9B #9B6A84

square

#9B996A #6A9B80 #6A6C9B #9B6A84

split-complementary

#9B996A #6A849B #806A9B

monochromatic

#535238 #787650 #9B996A #B4B28F #CCCBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9B996A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#9B996A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B996A

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B996A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B996A	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2986C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b996a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.065 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b795',
    500: '#9b996a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b996a;
$custom-light: #b9b795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b996a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 19.679,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67285,
    "c": 0.06486,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.30792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B996A

secondary

#A6A6BB

accent

#6FBC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B996A

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

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