#9D9955#9D9955

#9D9955 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.090 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9955
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 45.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -8.53, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 37.09, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0242 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.09 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9361, 30.6071, 13.0814)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9955 #55599D

analogous

#9D7555 #9D9955 #7D9D55

triadic

#9D9955 #559D99 #99559D

tetradic

#9D9955 #559D75 #55599D #9D557D

square

#9D9955 #559D75 #55599D #9D557D

split-complementary

#9D9955 #557D9D #75559D

monochromatic

#4E4C2A #757240 #9D9955 #B6B379 #CCC9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9D9955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#9D9955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9955

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9955	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3944F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.090 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb686',
    500: '#9d9955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9955;
$custom-light: #bbb686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67095,
    "c": 0.08998,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9955

secondary

#9597B9

accent

#67C662

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9955

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

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