#9B997E#9B997E

#9B997E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.038 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B997E
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(56, 13%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 19%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 18.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -3.99, 14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 15.03, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0092 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.038 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6745, 31.2577, 24.2574)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B997E #7E809B

analogous

#9B8A7E #9B997E #8E9B7E

triadic

#9B997E #7E9B99 #997E9B

tetradic

#9B997E #7E9B8A #7E809B #9B7E8E

square

#9B997E #7E9B8A #7E809B #9B7E8E

split-complementary

#9B997E #7E8E9B #8A7E9B

monochromatic

#595845 #7C7A60 #9B997E #B6B4A0 #D0D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9B997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9B997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B997E

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B997E	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E977C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.038 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7a3',
    500: '#9b997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b997e;
$custom-light: #b8b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 12.664,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67725,
    "c": 0.03829,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B997E

secondary

#B4B5C0

accent

#77B672

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B997E

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

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