#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
RGBrgb(156, 152, 105)
HSLhsl(55, 20%, 51%)
HSVhsv(55, 33%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.6%, 32.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(62.12, -6.08, 25.31)
CIE-LCHlch(62.12, 26.03, 103.50°)
OKLaboklab(67.13% -0.0156 0.063)
OKLCHoklch(67.13% 0.065 103.9)
XYZxyz(27.4886, 30.5449, 17.8096)
Luminance0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##9C98691.002.957.117.11
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1121.001.001.00
##0000007.1121.001.001.00

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

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#9C9869 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva