#9C996E#9C996E

#9C996E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.060 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C996E
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 29%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 29.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -5.95, 23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 23.82, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.015 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.06 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9161, 30.9767, 19.2573)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C996E #6E719C

analogous

#9C826E #9C996E #889C6E

triadic

#9C996E #6E9C99 #996E9C

tetradic

#9C996E #6E9C82 #6E719C #9C6E88

square

#9C996E #6E9C82 #6E719C #9C6E88

split-complementary

#9C996E #6E889C #826E9C

monochromatic

#55543A #7A7753 #9C996E #B5B392 #CECCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9C996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#9C996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C996E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C996E	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)

#A1966B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.060 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab798',
    500: '#9c996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c996e;
$custom-light: #bab798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 18.852,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67453,
    "c": 0.0597,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C996E

secondary

#A9AABD

accent

#71BB6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C996E

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

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