#9D9986#9D9986

#9D9986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.027 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9986
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(50, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 14.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -1.92, 10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 10.69, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0035 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.027 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5986, 31.6721, 27.1037)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9986 #868A9D

analogous

#9D8E86 #9D9986 #969D86

triadic

#9D9986 #869D99 #99869D

tetradic

#9D9986 #869D8E #868A9D #9D8696

square

#9D9986 #869D8E #868A9D #9D8696

split-complementary

#9D9986 #86969D #8E869D

monochromatic

#5D5A4B #7F7B67 #9D9986 #B8B6A8 #D4D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9D9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#9D9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9986

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9986	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.027 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7a9',
    500: '#9d9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9986;
$custom-light: #bab7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 10.502,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68098,
    "c": 0.02748,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9986

secondary

#BBBCC4

accent

#7FB374

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9986

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

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