#9C9871#9C9871

#9C9871 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.055 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9871
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 27.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -4.99, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 21.69, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0121 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.055 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9193, 30.7172, 20.0778)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9871 #71759C

analogous

#9C8371 #9C9871 #8A9C71

triadic

#9C9871 #719C98 #98719C

tetradic

#9C9871 #719C83 #71759C #9C718A

square

#9C9871 #719C83 #71759C #9C718A

split-complementary

#9C9871 #718A9C #83719C

monochromatic

#56543C #7A7755 #9C9871 #B5B295 #CECCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9C9871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#9C9871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9871

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9871	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F956E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.055 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b69a',
    500: '#9c9871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9871;
$custom-light: #b9b69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 17.842,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67297,
    "c": 0.05455,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9871

secondary

#ABADBE

accent

#74BB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9871

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

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