#9D9977#9D9977

#9D9977 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.048 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9977
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 16%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 24.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -4.27, 18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 18.93, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0099 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.048 102)
XYZ	xyz(28.6256, 31.2829, 21.9794)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9977 #777B9D

analogous

#9D8677 #9D9977 #8E9D77

triadic

#9D9977 #779D99 #99779D

tetradic

#9D9977 #779D86 #777B9D #9D778E

square

#9D9977 #779D86 #777B9D #9D778E

split-complementary

#9D9977 #778E9D #86779D

monochromatic

#595740 #7D795A #9D9977 #B7B49B #D0CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9D9977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#9D9977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9977

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9977	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.048 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab79e',
    500: '#9d9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9977;
$custom-light: #bab79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 16.239,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67734,
    "c": 0.04788,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.31282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9977

secondary

#B0B2C0

accent

#77B96F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9977

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

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