#9D9869#9D9869

#9D9869 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.065 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9869
RGB	rgb(157, 152, 105)
HSL	hsl(54, 21%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 33.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -5.67, 25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 26.07, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0144 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.065 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6829, 30.6451, 17.8187)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9869 #696E9D

analogous

#9D7E69 #9D9869 #889D69

triadic

#9D9869 #699D98 #98699D

tetradic

#9D9869 #699D7E #696E9D #9D6988

square

#9D9869 #699D7E #696E9D #9D6988

split-complementary

#9D9869 #69889D #7E699D

monochromatic

#545237 #79754F #9D9869 #B5B18E #CDCBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9D9869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#9D9869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9869

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9869	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2986B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 152, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.065 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab694',
    500: '#9d9869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9869;
$custom-light: #bab694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67221,
    "c": 0.06491,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9869

secondary

#A5A8BC

accent

#72BE6A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9869

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

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