#9B996D#9B996D

#9B996D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.061 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B996D
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 19%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 29.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -6.49, 23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 24.34, 105.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0165 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.061 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6693, 30.8556, 18.9632)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B996D #6D6F9B

analogous

#9B826D #9B996D #869B6D

triadic

#9B996D #6D9B99 #996D9B

tetradic

#9B996D #6D9B82 #6D6F9B #9B6D86

square

#9B996D #6D9B82 #6D6F9B #9B6D86

split-complementary

#9B996D #6D869B #826D9B

monochromatic

#54533A #787752 #9B996D #B4B291 #CDCCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9B996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#9B996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B996D

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B996D	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)

#A0966A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2986F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.061 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b797',
    500: '#9b996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b996d;
$custom-light: #b9b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 18.699,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67345,
    "c": 0.061,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B996D

secondary

#A8A9BC

accent

#70BB6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B996D

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

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