#9B996B#9B996B

#9B996B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.064 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B996B
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(58, 19%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 31%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 31%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -6.76, 24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 25.42, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0174 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.064 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5628, 30.8131, 18.4026)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B996B #6B6D9B

analogous

#9B816B #9B996B #859B6B

triadic

#9B996B #6B9B99 #996B9B

tetradic

#9B996B #6B9B81 #6B6D9B #9B6B85

square

#9B996B #6B9B81 #6B6D9B #9B6B85

split-complementary

#9B996B #6B859B #816B9B

monochromatic

#535238 #787651 #9B996B #B4B290 #CCCBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9B996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#9B996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B996B

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B996B	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)

#A19568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2986D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.064 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b795',
    500: '#9b996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b996b;
$custom-light: #b9b795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67305,
    "c": 0.06358,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B996B

secondary

#A6A7BB

accent

#6FBC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B996B

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

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