#9C9873#9C9873

#9C9873 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.052 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9873
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 26.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -4.71, 20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 20.60, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0112 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.052 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0331, 30.7627, 20.6774)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9873 #73779C

analogous

#9C8373 #9C9873 #8B9C73

triadic

#9C9873 #739C98 #98739C

tetradic

#9C9873 #739C83 #73779C #9C738B

square

#9C9873 #739C83 #73779C #9C738B

split-complementary

#9C9873 #738B9C #83739C

monochromatic

#57553E #7B7757 #9C9873 #B5B297 #CFCDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9C9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#9C9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9873

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9873	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.052 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b69b',
    500: '#9c9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9873;
$custom-light: #b9b69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 17.155,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6734,
    "c": 0.05191,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9873

secondary

#ADAEBE

accent

#75BA6E

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9873

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

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