#9C997A#9C997A

#9C997A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.044 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C997A
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(55, 15%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 21.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -4.22, 16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 17.25, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0098 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.044 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6143, 31.2559, 22.9342)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C997A #7A7D9C

analogous

#9C887A #9C997A #8E9C7A

triadic

#9C997A #7A9C99 #997A9C

tetradic

#9C997A #7A9C88 #7A7D9C #9C7A8E

square

#9C997A #7A9C88 #7A7D9C #9C7A8E

split-complementary

#9C997A #7A8E9C #887A9C

monochromatic

#595742 #7C795D #9C997A #B6B49D #D0CFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9C997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9C997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C997A

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C997A	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.044 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7a0',
    500: '#9c997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c997a;
$custom-light: #b9b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 14.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67716,
    "c": 0.04379,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C997A

secondary

#B2B3C0

accent

#77B770

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C997A

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

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