#9D9974#9D9974

#9D9974 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.052 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9974
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 17%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 26%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 26.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -4.71, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 20.57, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0112 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.052 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4483, 31.2120, 21.0455)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9974 #74789D

analogous

#9D8474 #9D9974 #8C9D74

triadic

#9D9974 #749D99 #99749D

tetradic

#9D9974 #749D84 #74789D #9D748C

square

#9D9974 #749D84 #74789D #9D748C

split-complementary

#9D9974 #748C9D #84749D

monochromatic

#58563E #7C7958 #9D9974 #B6B398 #D0CEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9D9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#9D9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9974

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9974	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.052 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab79c',
    500: '#9d9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9974;
$custom-light: #bab79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 17.3,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67667,
    "c": 0.05187,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9974

secondary

#AEAFBF

accent

#75BA6E

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9974

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

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