#9D9976#9D9976

#9D9976 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.049 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9976
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 118)
HSL	hsl(54, 17%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 24.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -4.42, 18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 19.48, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0104 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.049 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5659, 31.2591, 21.6648)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9976 #767A9D

analogous

#9D8676 #9D9976 #8E9D76

triadic

#9D9976 #769D99 #99769D

tetradic

#9D9976 #769D86 #767A9D #9D768E

square

#9D9976 #769D86 #767A9D #9D768E

split-complementary

#9D9976 #768E9D #86769D

monochromatic

#595640 #7D7959 #9D9976 #B7B49A #D0CEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9D9976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9D9976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9976

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9976	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.049 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab79d',
    500: '#9d9976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9976;
$custom-light: #bab79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 16.596,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67712,
    "c": 0.04922,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9976

secondary

#AFB1C0

accent

#76B96E

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9976

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

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