#9C997F#9C997F

#9C997F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.037 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C997F
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(54, 13%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 19%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 18.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -3.44, 14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 14.50, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0076 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.037 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9321, 31.3831, 24.6080)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C997F #7F829C

analogous

#9C8A7F #9C997F #909C7F

triadic

#9C997F #7F9C99 #997F9C

tetradic

#9C997F #7F9C8A #7F829C #9C7F90

square

#9C997F #7F9C8A #7F829C #9C7F90

split-complementary

#9C997F #7F909C #8A7F9C

monochromatic

#5B5846 #7D7A61 #9C997F #B7B4A2 #D1D0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9C997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#9C997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C997F

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C997F	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E977D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.037 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7a4',
    500: '#9c997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c997f;
$custom-light: #b9b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 12.775,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67835,
    "c": 0.03697,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C997F

secondary

#B5B7C1

accent

#79B672

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C997F

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

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