#9B996C#9B996C

#9B996C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.062 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B996C
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 19%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 30.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -6.63, 23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 24.88, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.017 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.062 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6157, 30.8342, 18.6813)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B996C #6C6E9B

analogous

#9B826C #9B996C #869B6C

triadic

#9B996C #6C9B99 #996C9B

tetradic

#9B996C #6C9B82 #6C6E9B #9B6C86

square

#9B996C #6C9B82 #6C6E9B #9B6C86

split-complementary

#9B996C #6C869B #826C9B

monochromatic

#545339 #787652 #9B996C #B4B290 #CDCCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9B996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#9B996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B996C

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B996C	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)

#A19669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2986E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.062 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b796',
    500: '#9b996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b996c;
$custom-light: #b9b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 19.028,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67325,
    "c": 0.0623,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B996C

secondary

#A7A8BC

accent

#70BC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B996C

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

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