#9C987E#9C987E

#9C987E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.037 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C987E
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 126)
HSL	hsl(52, 13%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 19%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 19.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -3.05, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 14.56, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0065 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.037 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7043, 31.0312, 24.2121)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C987E #7E829C

analogous

#9C897E #9C987E #919C7E

triadic

#9C987E #7E9C98 #987E9C

tetradic

#9C987E #7E9C89 #7E829C #9C7E91

square

#9C987E #7E9C89 #7E829C #9C7E91

split-complementary

#9C987E #7E919C #897E9C

monochromatic

#5A5745 #7D7960 #9C987E #B7B4A1 #D1CFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9C987E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#9C987E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C987E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C987E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C987E	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D967C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c987e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.037 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b6a3',
    500: '#9c987e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c987e;
$custom-light: #b9b6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c987e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67594,
    "c": 0.03711,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C987E

secondary

#B5B6C1

accent

#7BB672

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C987E

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

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