#9D996B#9D996B

#9D996B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.064 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D996B
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(55, 20%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 31.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -5.95, 24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 25.47, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0151 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.064 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9499, 31.0127, 18.4208)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D996B #6B6F9D

analogous

#9D806B #9D996B #889D6B

triadic

#9D996B #6B9D99 #996B9D

tetradic

#9D996B #6B9D80 #6B6F9D #9D6B88

square

#9D996B #6B9D80 #6B6F9D #9D6B88

split-complementary

#9D996B #6B889D #806B9D

monochromatic

#555338 #7A7751 #9D996B #B5B290 #CECCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9D996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#9D996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D996B

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D996B	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)

#A19668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3986D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.064 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab795',
    500: '#9d996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d996b;
$custom-light: #bab795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6748,
    "c": 0.06357,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D996B

secondary

#A7A9BD

accent

#71BD6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D996B

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

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