#9C987A#9C987A

#9C987A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.043 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C987A
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 122)
HSL	hsl(53, 15%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 21.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -3.67, 16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 16.76, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0082 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.043 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4513, 30.9300, 22.8799)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C987A #7A7E9C

analogous

#9C877A #9C987A #8F9C7A

triadic

#9C987A #7A9C98 #987A9C

tetradic

#9C987A #7A9C87 #7A7E9C #9C7A8F

square

#9C987A #7A9C87 #7A7E9C #9C7A8F

split-complementary

#9C987A #7A8F9C #877A9C

monochromatic

#595742 #7C795D #9C987A #B6B39D #D0CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9C987A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#9C987A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C987A

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C987A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C987A	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c987a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.043 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b6a0',
    500: '#9c987a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c987a;
$custom-light: #b9b6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c987a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 14.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67499,
    "c": 0.04255,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C987A

secondary

#B2B3C0

accent

#79B770

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C987A

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

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