#9C9963#9C9963

#9C9963 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.074 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9963
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 36.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -7.38, 28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 29.74, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0196 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.074 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3540, 30.7518, 16.2967)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9963 #63669C

analogous

#9C7C63 #9C9963 #839C63

triadic

#9C9963 #639C99 #99639C

tetradic

#9C9963 #639C7C #63669C #9C6383

square

#9C9963 #639C7C #63669C #9C6383

split-complementary

#9C9963 #63839C #7C639C

monochromatic

#515033 #77744B #9C9963 #B4B188 #CCCAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9C9963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#9C9963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9963

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9963	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2955F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.074 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab690',
    500: '#9c9963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9963;
$custom-light: #bab690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67239,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9963

secondary

#A1A2BA

accent

#6DBF69

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9963

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

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