#9D996C#9D996C

#9D996C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.062 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D996C
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 20%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 31%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 31.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -5.81, 24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 24.93, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0147 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.062 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0028, 31.0338, 18.6994)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D996C #6C709D

analogous

#9D816C #9D996C #899D6C

triadic

#9D996C #6C9D99 #996C9D

tetradic

#9D996C #6C9D81 #6C709D #9D6C89

square

#9D996C #6C9D81 #6C709D #9D6C89

split-complementary

#9D996C #6C899D #816C9D

monochromatic

#565339 #7A7752 #9D996C #B5B291 #CECCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9D996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#9D996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D996C

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D996C	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3986E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.062 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab796',
    500: '#9d996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d996c;
$custom-light: #bab796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67499,
    "c": 0.06229,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D996C

secondary

#A8A9BD

accent

#72BD6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D996C

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

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