#9C9E8A#9C9E8A

#9C9E8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.029 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9E8A
RGB	rgb(156, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(66, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -4.36, 10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 11.11, 113.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0106 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.029 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5241, 33.3568, 28.8703)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9E8A #8C8A9E

analogous

#9E968A #9C9E8A #929E8A

triadic

#9C9E8A #8A9C9E #9E8A9C

tetradic

#9C9E8A #8A9E96 #8C8A9E #9E8A92

square

#9C9E8A #8A9E96 #8C8A9E #9E8A92

split-complementary

#9C9E8A #8A929E #968A9E

monochromatic

#5D5F4F #7E806A #9C9E8A #B8BAAB #D5D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#9C9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#9C9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9E8A

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9E8A	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.029 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9baac',
    500: '#9c9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9e8a;
$custom-light: #b9baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69195,
    "c": 0.02852,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9E8A

secondary

#BFBEC6

accent

#75B27C

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9E8A

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

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