#9C9976#9C9976

#9C9976 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.049 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9976
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 118)
HSL	hsl(55, 16%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 24%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 24.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -4.81, 18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 19.45, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0115 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.049 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3715, 31.1588, 21.6557)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9976 #76799C

analogous

#9C8676 #9C9976 #8C9C76

triadic

#9C9976 #769C99 #99769C

tetradic

#9C9976 #769C86 #76799C #9C768C

square

#9C9976 #769C86 #76799C #9C768C

split-complementary

#9C9976 #768C9C #86769C

monochromatic

#585640 #7C7959 #9C9976 #B6B39A #CFCEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9C9976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9C9976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9976

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9976	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.049 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b79d',
    500: '#9c9976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9976;
$custom-light: #b9b79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 16.102,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67625,
    "c": 0.04917,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9976

secondary

#AFB0BF

accent

#75B96F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9976

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

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