#9B9986#9B9986

#9B9986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.027 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9986
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(54, 10%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 14%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 13.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -2.68, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 10.60, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0057 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.027 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2115, 31.4725, 27.0856)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9986 #86889B

analogous

#9B8F86 #9B9986 #939B86

triadic

#9B9986 #869B99 #99869B

tetradic

#9B9986 #869B8F #86889B #9B8693

square

#9B9986 #869B8F #86889B #9B8693

split-complementary

#9B9986 #86939B #8F869B

monochromatic

#5B5A4B #7D7B67 #9B9986 #B7B5A8 #D2D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9B9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#9B9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9986

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9986	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.027 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b7a9',
    500: '#9b9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9986;
$custom-light: #b8b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 9.502,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67926,
    "c": 0.0272,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9986

secondary

#BABBC3

accent

#7BB275

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9986

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

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