#9C996F#9C996F

#9C996F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.058 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C996F
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 29%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 28.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -5.81, 22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 23.27, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0145 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.058 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9709, 30.9986, 19.5457)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C996F #6F729C

analogous

#9C836F #9C996F #899C6F

triadic

#9C996F #6F9C99 #996F9C

tetradic

#9C996F #6F9C83 #6F729C #9C6F89

square

#9C996F #6F9C83 #6F729C #9C6F89

split-complementary

#9C996F #6F899C #836F9C

monochromatic

#56543B #7A7754 #9C996F #B5B393 #CECCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9C996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#9C996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C996F

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C996F	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)

#A0966C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.058 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b798',
    500: '#9c996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c996f;
$custom-light: #b9b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67473,
    "c": 0.0584,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C996F

secondary

#AAABBD

accent

#72BB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C996F

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

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