#9B9983#9B9983

#9B9983 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.031 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9983
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(55, 11%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 15%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 15.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -3.18, 11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 12.26, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.007 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.031 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0052, 31.3900, 25.9992)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9983 #83859B

analogous

#9B8D83 #9B9983 #919B83

triadic

#9B9983 #839B99 #99839B

tetradic

#9B9983 #839B8D #83859B #9B8391

square

#9B9983 #839B8D #83859B #9B8391

split-complementary

#9B9983 #83919B #8D839B

monochromatic

#5B5949 #7C7A64 #9B9983 #B6B5A5 #D2D1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9B9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#9B9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9983

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9983	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.031 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7a7',
    500: '#9b9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9983;
$custom-light: #b8b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 10.714,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67849,
    "c": 0.03139,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9983

secondary

#B8B9C2

accent

#79B474

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9983

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

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