#9D9963#9D9963

#9D9963 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.074 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9963
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 99)
HSL	hsl(56, 23%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 36.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -6.96, 28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 29.76, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0185 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.074 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5484, 30.8520, 16.3058)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9963 #63679D

analogous

#9D7C63 #9D9963 #849D63

triadic

#9D9963 #639D99 #99639D

tetradic

#9D9963 #639D7C #63679D #9D6384

square

#9D9963 #639D7C #63679D #9D6384

split-complementary

#9D9963 #63849D #7C639D

monochromatic

#525034 #78754B #9D9963 #B5B289 #CCCAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9D9963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#9D9963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9963

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9963	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)

#A2955F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.074 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb690',
    500: '#9d9963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9963;
$custom-light: #bbb690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 22.835,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67327,
    "c": 0.07357,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9963

secondary

#A1A3BB

accent

#6EBF68

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9963

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

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