#9D997E#9D997E

#9D997E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.038 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D997E
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(52, 14%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 20%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 19.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -3.21, 14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 15.09, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0069 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.038 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0616, 31.4573, 24.2755)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D997E #7E829D

analogous

#9D897E #9D997E #919D7E

triadic

#9D997E #7E9D99 #997E9D

tetradic

#9D997E #7E9D89 #7E829D #9D7E91

square

#9D997E #7E9D89 #7E829D #9D7E91

split-complementary

#9D997E #7E919D #897E9D

monochromatic

#5B5845 #7E7A60 #9D997E #B7B4A1 #D2D0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9D997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#9D997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D997E

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D997E	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)

#9E977C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.038 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7a3',
    500: '#9d997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d997e;
$custom-light: #bab7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 13.656,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67897,
    "c": 0.03844,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D997E

secondary

#B5B7C2

accent

#7AB671

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D997E

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

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