#9D986B#9D986B

#9D986B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.062 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D986B
RGB	rgb(157, 152, 107)
HSL	hsl(54, 20%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 32%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 31.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -5.40, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 24.99, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0135 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.062 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7869, 30.6867, 18.3664)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D986B #6B709D

analogous

#9D7F6B #9D986B #899D6B

triadic

#9D986B #6B9D98 #986B9D

tetradic

#9D986B #6B9D7F #6B709D #9D6B89

square

#9D986B #6B9D7F #6B709D #9D6B89

split-complementary

#9D986B #6B899D #7F6B9D

monochromatic

#555238 #7A7651 #9D986B #B5B290 #CECBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9D986B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#9D986B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D986B

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D986B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D986B	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2986D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d986b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 152, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.062 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab695',
    500: '#9d986b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d986b;
$custom-light: #bab695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d986b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67261,
    "c": 0.06237,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D986B

secondary

#A7A9BD

accent

#73BD6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D986B

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

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