#9C9986#9C9986

#9C9986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.027 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9986
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 10%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 14%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -2.30, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 10.64, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0046 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.027 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4042, 31.5719, 27.0946)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9986 #86899C

analogous

#9C8E86 #9C9986 #949C86

triadic

#9C9986 #869C99 #99869C

tetradic

#9C9986 #869C8E #86899C #9C8694

square

#9C9986 #869C8E #86899C #9C8694

split-complementary

#9C9986 #86949C #8E869C

monochromatic

#5C5A4B #7E7B67 #9C9986 #B8B5A8 #D3D2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9C9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#9C9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9986

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9986	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.027 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b7a9',
    500: '#9c9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9986;
$custom-light: #b9b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68012,
    "c": 0.02731,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9986

secondary

#BABCC3

accent

#7DB375

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9986

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

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