#9D9656#9D9656

#9D9656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.085 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9656
RGB	rgb(157, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 29%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 45.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -6.82, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 35.22, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0192 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.085 103)
XYZ	xyz(26.4913, 29.6534, 13.1305)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9656 #565D9D

analogous

#9D7356 #9D9656 #809D56

triadic

#9D9656 #569D96 #96569D

tetradic

#9D9656 #569D73 #565D9D #9D5680

square

#9D9656 #569D73 #565D9D #9D5680

split-complementary

#9D9656 #56809D #73569D

monochromatic

#4E4A2B #757040 #9D9656 #B6B07A #CCC8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9D9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#9D9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9656

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9656	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.085 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb487',
    500: '#9d9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9656;
$custom-light: #bbb487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 29.218,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66448,
    "c": 0.08548,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.29653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9656

secondary

#9599B9

accent

#6CC562

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9656

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

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