#9B9974#9B9974

#9B9974 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.052 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9974
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 16%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 25.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -5.51, 19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 20.52, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0135 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.052 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0612, 31.0124, 21.0274)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9974 #74769B

analogous

#9B8574 #9B9974 #899B74

triadic

#9B9974 #749B99 #99749B

tetradic

#9B9974 #749B85 #74769B #9B7489

square

#9B9974 #749B85 #74769B #9B7489

split-complementary

#9B9974 #74899B #85749B

monochromatic

#56553E #7A7858 #9B9974 #B5B398 #CECDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9B9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#9B9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9974

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9974	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.052 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b79c',
    500: '#9b9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9974;
$custom-light: #b9b79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 16.318,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67493,
    "c": 0.05181,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9974

secondary

#ADAEBE

accent

#73B96F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9974

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

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