#9D985E#9D985E

#9D985E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.078 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D985E
RGB	rgb(157, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 40.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -7.01, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 31.94, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.019 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.078 104)
XYZ	xyz(27.1537, 30.4334, 15.0313)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D985E #5E639D

analogous

#9D795E #9D985E #839D5E

triadic

#9D985E #5E9D98 #985E9D

tetradic

#9D985E #5E9D79 #5E639D #9D5E83

square

#9D985E #5E9D79 #5E639D #9D5E83

split-complementary

#9D985E #5E839D #795E9D

monochromatic

#504E30 #777347 #9D985E #B5B183 #CCC9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#9D985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#9D985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D985E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D985E	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2945A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.078 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb68c',
    500: '#9d985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d985e;
$custom-light: #bbb68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 25.1,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67019,
    "c": 0.07844,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.30433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D985E

secondary

#9D9FBA

accent

#6EC266

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D985E

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

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