#9D9563#9D9563

#9D9563 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.069 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9563
RGB	rgb(157, 149, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 36.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -4.79, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 27.91, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0123 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.069 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9046, 29.5646, 16.0912)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9563 #636B9D

analogous

#9D7863 #9D9563 #889D63

triadic

#9D9563 #639D95 #95639D

tetradic

#9D9563 #639D78 #636B9D #9D6388

square

#9D9563 #639D78 #636B9D #9D6388

split-complementary

#9D9563 #63889D #78639D

monochromatic

#524E34 #78724B #9D9563 #B5AF89 #CCC8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9D9563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#9D9563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9563

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9563	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E925F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 149, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.069 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb490',
    500: '#9d9563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9563;
$custom-light: #bbb490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 22.835,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66451,
    "c": 0.06898,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9563

secondary

#A1A5BB

accent

#74BF68

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9563

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

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