#9C987C#9C987C

#9C987C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.040 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C987C
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 14%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 20.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -3.36, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 15.66, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0074 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.04 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5765, 30.9800, 23.5392)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C987C #7C809C

analogous

#9C887C #9C987C #909C7C

triadic

#9C987C #7C9C98 #987C9C

tetradic

#9C987C #7C9C88 #7C809C #9C7C90

square

#9C987C #7C9C88 #7C809C #9C7C90

split-complementary

#9C987C #7C909C #887C9C

monochromatic

#5A5744 #7D795E #9C987C #B6B39F #D1CFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9C987C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#9C987C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C987C

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C987C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C987C	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E967A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c987c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.040 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b6a2',
    500: '#9c987c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c987c;
$custom-light: #b9b6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c987c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 13.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67546,
    "c": 0.03984,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C987C

secondary

#B3B5C1

accent

#7AB771

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110F

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C987C

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

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