#9B997C#9B997C

#9B997C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.041 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B997C
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(56, 13%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 20%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 20%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -4.30, 15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 16.13, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.01 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.041 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5467, 31.2066, 23.5845)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B997C #7C7E9B

analogous

#9B8A7C #9B997C #8E9B7C

triadic

#9B997C #7C9B99 #997C9B

tetradic

#9B997C #7C9B8A #7C7E9B #9B7C8E

square

#9B997C #7C9B8A #7C7E9B #9B7C8E

split-complementary

#9B997C #7C8E9B #8A7C9B

monochromatic

#595744 #7C7A5E #9B997C #B5B49F #D0CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9B997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#9B997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B997C

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B997C	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E977A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.041 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7a2',
    500: '#9b997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b997c;
$custom-light: #b8b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 13.42,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67677,
    "c": 0.04103,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B997C

secondary

#B3B4C0

accent

#76B672

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110F

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B997C

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

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