#9D9972#9D9972

#9D9972 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.055 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9972
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 27.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -4.99, 21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 21.67, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0121 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.055 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3332, 31.1660, 20.4394)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9972 #72769D

analogous

#9D8372 #9D9972 #8B9D72

triadic

#9D9972 #729D99 #99729D

tetradic

#9D9972 #729D83 #72769D #9D728B

square

#9D9972 #729D83 #72769D #9D728B

split-complementary

#9D9972 #728B9D #83729D

monochromatic

#58553D #7C7856 #9D9972 #B6B396 #CFCDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9D9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9D9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9972

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9972	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0966F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.055 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab79a',
    500: '#9d9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9972;
$custom-light: #bab79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 17.992,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67624,
    "c": 0.05451,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9972

secondary

#ACAEBF

accent

#74BB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9972

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

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