#9C995C#9C995C

#9C995C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.082 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C995C
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 26%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 41%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -8.20, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 33.44, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0226 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.082 106)
XYZ	xyz(27.0337, 30.6237, 14.6100)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C995C #5C5F9C

analogous

#9C795C #9C995C #7F9C5C

triadic

#9C995C #5C9C99 #995C9C

tetradic

#9C995C #5C9C79 #5C5F9C #9C5C7F

square

#9C995C #5C9C79 #5C5F9C #9C5C7F

split-complementary

#9C995C #5C7F9C #795C9C

monochromatic

#4F4D2F #767345 #9C995C #B5B281 #CBCAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9C995C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#9C995C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C995C

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C995C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C995C	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)

#A39557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4985F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c995c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.082 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68b',
    500: '#9c995c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c995c;
$custom-light: #bab68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c995c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.187,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67118,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.30623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C995C

secondary

#9B9CB9

accent

#6AC266

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C995C

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

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