#9C9C8A#9C9C8A

#9C9C8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.026 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9C8A
RGB	rgb(156, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -3.27, 9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 9.99, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0075 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.026 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1857, 32.6800, 28.7575)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9C8A #8A8A9C

analogous

#9C938A #9C9C8A #939C8A

triadic

#9C9C8A #8A9C9C #9C8A9C

tetradic

#9C9C8A #8A9C93 #8A8A9C #9C8A93

square

#9C9C8A #8A9C93 #8A8A9C #9C8A93

split-complementary

#9C9C8A #8A939C #938A9C

monochromatic

#5D5D4F #7E7E6B #9C9C8A #B8B8AB #D4D4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9C9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#9C9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9C8A

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9C8A	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.026 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9ac',
    500: '#9c9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9c8a;
$custom-light: #b9b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68763,
    "c": 0.02565,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9C8A

secondary

#BDBDC5

accent

#76B176

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9C8A

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

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