#9D997C#9D997C

#9D997C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.041 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D997C
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 14%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 21%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -3.52, 15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 16.19, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0078 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.041 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9338, 31.4062, 23.6027)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D997C #7C809D

analogous

#9D887C #9D997C #909D7C

triadic

#9D997C #7C9D99 #997C9D

tetradic

#9D997C #7C9D88 #7C809D #9D7C90

square

#9D997C #7C9D88 #7C809D #9D7C90

split-complementary

#9D997C #7C909D #887C9D

monochromatic

#5B5844 #7E7A5E #9D997C #B7B49F #D1D0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9D997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#9D997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D997C

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D997C	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F977A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.041 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7a2',
    500: '#9d997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d997c;
$custom-light: #bab7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 14.41,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6785,
    "c": 0.04115,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D997C

secondary

#B3B5C1

accent

#79B771

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110F

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D997C

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

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