#9D997A#9D997A

#9D997A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.044 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D997A
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(53, 15%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 22%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 22.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -3.82, 16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 17.29, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0086 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.044 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8086, 31.3562, 22.9433)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D997A #7A7E9D

analogous

#9D887A #9D997A #909D7A

triadic

#9D997A #7A9D99 #997A9D

tetradic

#9D997A #7A9D88 #7A7E9D #9D7A90

square

#9D997A #7A9D88 #7A7E9D #9D7A90

split-complementary

#9D997A #7A909D #887A9D

monochromatic

#5A5742 #7D7A5C #9D997A #B7B49D #D1CFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9D997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#9D997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D997A

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D997A	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.044 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7a0',
    500: '#9d997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d997a;
$custom-light: #bab7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 15.152,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67803,
    "c": 0.04386,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D997A

secondary

#B2B4C1

accent

#78B870

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D997A

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

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