#9D997D#9D997D

#9D997D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.040 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D997D
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(53, 14%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 20.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -3.36, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 15.64, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0073 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.04 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9974, 31.4317, 23.9374)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D997D #7D819D

analogous

#9D897D #9D997D #919D7D

triadic

#9D997D #7D9D99 #997D9D

tetradic

#9D997D #7D9D89 #7D819D #9D7D91

square

#9D997D #7D9D89 #7D819D #9D7D91

split-complementary

#9D997D #7D919D #897D9D

monochromatic

#5B5845 #7E7A5F #9D997D #B7B4A0 #D2D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9D997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#9D997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D997D

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D997D	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F977B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.040 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7a2',
    500: '#9d997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d997d;
$custom-light: #bab7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 14.035,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67873,
    "c": 0.0398,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D997D

secondary

#B4B6C2

accent

#7AB771

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D997D

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

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