#9D9959#9D9959

#9D9959 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.085 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9959
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 43.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -8.11, 34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 35.03, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0226 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.085 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0995, 30.6725, 13.9421)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9959 #595D9D

analogous

#9D7759 #9D9959 #7F9D59

triadic

#9D9959 #599D99 #99599D

tetradic

#9D9959 #599D77 #595D9D #9D597F

square

#9D9959 #599D77 #595D9D #9D597F

split-complementary

#9D9959 #597F9D #77599D

monochromatic

#4F4D2D #767343 #9D9959 #B6B27E #CCC9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9D9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#9D9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9959

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9959	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	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)

#A39554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.085 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb689',
    500: '#9d9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9959;
$custom-light: #bbb689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 27.642,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67157,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9959

secondary

#989ABA

accent

#69C464

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9959

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

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