#9D996F#9D996F

#9D996F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.058 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D996F
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(55, 19%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 29.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -5.41, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 23.30, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0134 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.058 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1653, 31.0988, 19.5548)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D996F #6F739D

analogous

#9D826F #9D996F #8A9D6F

triadic

#9D996F #6F9D99 #996F9D

tetradic

#9D996F #6F9D82 #6F739D #9D6F8A

square

#9D996F #6F9D82 #6F739D #9D6F8A

split-complementary

#9D996F #6F8A9D #826F9D

monochromatic

#57543B #7B7854 #9D996F #B6B393 #CFCDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9D996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#9D996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D996F

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D996F	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)

#A1966C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.058 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab798',
    500: '#9d996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d996f;
$custom-light: #bab798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 19.008,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67561,
    "c": 0.05843,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D996F

secondary

#AAACBE

accent

#73BC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D996F

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

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