#9C995B#9C995B

#9C995B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.083 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C995B
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 41.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -8.31, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 33.96, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.023 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.083 106)
XYZ	xyz(26.9903, 30.6064, 14.3813)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C995B #5B5E9C

analogous

#9C785B #9C995B #7E9C5B

triadic

#9C995B #5B9C99 #995B9C

tetradic

#9C995B #5B9C78 #5B5E9C #9C5B7E

square

#9C995B #5B9C78 #5B5E9C #9C5B7E

split-complementary

#9C995B #5B7E9C #785B9C

monochromatic

#4F4D2E #757344 #9C995B #B5B280 #CBC9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9C995B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#9C995B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C995B

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C995B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C995B	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4985E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.083 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68a',
    500: '#9c995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c995b;
$custom-light: #bab68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67101,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.30606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C995B

secondary

#9A9BB9

accent

#69C365

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C995B

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

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