#9D996E#9D996E

#9D996E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.060 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D996E
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 19%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 29.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -5.54, 23.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 23.84, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0138 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.06 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1105, 31.0769, 19.2664)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D996E #6E729D

analogous

#9D826E #9D996E #899D6E

triadic

#9D996E #6E9D99 #996E9D

tetradic

#9D996E #6E9D82 #6E729D #9D6E89

square

#9D996E #6E9D82 #6E729D #9D6E89

split-complementary

#9D996E #6E899D #826E9D

monochromatic

#56543A #7B7753 #9D996E #B6B393 #CECCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9D996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#9D996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D996E

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D996E	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1966B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.060 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab798',
    500: '#9d996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d996e;
$custom-light: #bab798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 19.342,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6754,
    "c": 0.05971,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D996E

secondary

#A9ABBE

accent

#73BC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D996E

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

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