#9D996A#9D996A

#9D996A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.065 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D996A
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 21%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 32.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -6.08, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 26.01, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0155 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.065 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8976, 30.9917, 18.1453)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D996A #6A6E9D

analogous

#9D806A #9D996A #889D6A

triadic

#9D996A #6A9D99 #996A9D

tetradic

#9D996A #6A9D80 #6A6E9D #9D6A88

square

#9D996A #6A9D80 #6A6E9D #9D6A88

split-complementary

#9D996A #6A889D #806A9D

monochromatic

#555338 #7A7650 #9D996A #B5B28F #CECCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9D996A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#9D996A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D996A

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D996A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D996A	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3986C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d996a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.065 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab795',
    500: '#9d996a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d996a;
$custom-light: #bab795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d996a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 20.648,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6746,
    "c": 0.06484,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D996A

secondary

#A6A8BD

accent

#71BD6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D996A

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

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