#9C997C#9C997C

#9C997C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.041 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C997C
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(54, 14%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 21%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 20.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, -3.91, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 16.15, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0089 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.041 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7395, 31.3060, 23.5936)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C997C #7C7F9C

analogous

#9C897C #9C997C #8F9C7C

triadic

#9C997C #7C9C99 #997C9C

tetradic

#9C997C #7C9C89 #7C7F9C #9C7C8F

square

#9C997C #7C9C89 #7C7F9C #9C7C8F

split-complementary

#9C997C #7C8F9C #897C9C

monochromatic

#5A5844 #7D7A5E #9C997C #B6B49F #D1CFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9C997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#9C997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C997C

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C997C	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F977A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.041 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7a2',
    500: '#9c997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c997c;
$custom-light: #b9b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 13.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67763,
    "c": 0.04107,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C997C

secondary

#B3B4C1

accent

#78B771

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110F

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C997C

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

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