#9D956E#9D956E

#9D956E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.055 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D956E
RGB	rgb(157, 149, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 19%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 29.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -3.36, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 21.97, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0076 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.055 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4668, 29.7894, 19.0519)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D956E #6E769D

analogous

#9D7D6E #9D956E #8E9D6E

triadic

#9D956E #6E9D95 #956E9D

tetradic

#9D956E #6E9D7D #6E769D #9D6E8E

square

#9D956E #6E9D7D #6E769D #9D6E8E

split-complementary

#9D956E #6E8E9D #7D6E9D

monochromatic

#56523A #7B7453 #9D956E #B6B093 #CECAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9D956E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#9D956E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D956E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D956E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D956E	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D936B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F966F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d956e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 149, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.055 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab498',
    500: '#9d956e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d956e;
$custom-light: #bab498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d956e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 19.342,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6667,
    "c": 0.05509,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D956E

secondary

#A9ADBE

accent

#79BC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D956E

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

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