#9C9869#9C9869

#9C9869 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.065 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9869
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 105)
HSL	hsl(55, 20%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 32.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -6.08, 25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 26.03, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0156 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.065 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4886, 30.5449, 17.8096)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9869 #696D9C

analogous

#9C7E69 #9C9869 #869C69

triadic

#9C9869 #699C98 #98699C

tetradic

#9C9869 #699C7E #696D9C #9C6986

square

#9C9869 #699C7E #696D9C #9C6986

split-complementary

#9C9869 #69869C #7E699C

monochromatic

#535137 #78754F #9C9869 #B4B18E #CDCBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9C9869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#9C9869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9869

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9869	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2976B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.065 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab694',
    500: '#9c9869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9869;
$custom-light: #bab694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67133,
    "c": 0.06489,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9869

secondary

#A5A7BC

accent

#71BD6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9869

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

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