#9D9873#9D9873

#9D9873 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.052 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9873
RGB	rgb(157, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 26.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -4.30, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 20.64, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0101 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.052 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2275, 30.8629, 20.6865)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9873 #73789D

analogous

#9D8373 #9D9873 #8D9D73

triadic

#9D9873 #739D98 #98739D

tetradic

#9D9873 #739D83 #73789D #9D738D

square

#9D9873 #739D83 #73789D #9D738D

split-complementary

#9D9873 #738D9D #83739D

monochromatic

#58553E #7C7857 #9D9873 #B6B297 #CFCDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9D9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#9D9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9873

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9873	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.052 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab69b',
    500: '#9d9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9873;
$custom-light: #bab69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67428,
    "c": 0.05198,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9873

secondary

#ADAFBF

accent

#77BA6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9873

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

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