#9B9976#9B9976

#9B9976 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.049 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9976
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 118)
HSL	hsl(57, 16%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 24%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 23.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -5.21, 18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 19.43, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0126 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.049 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1788, 31.0594, 21.6467)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9976 #76789B

analogous

#9B8676 #9B9976 #8A9B76

triadic

#9B9976 #769B99 #99769B

tetradic

#9B9976 #769B86 #76789B #9B768A

square

#9B9976 #769B86 #76789B #9B768A

split-complementary

#9B9976 #768A9B #86769B

monochromatic

#575640 #7A7959 #9B9976 #B5B399 #CFCEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9B9976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#9B9976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9976

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9976	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.049 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b79d',
    500: '#9b9976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9976;
$custom-light: #b9b79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 15.612,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67538,
    "c": 0.04915,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9976

secondary

#AEAFBE

accent

#73B86F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9976

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

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