#9D9C5E#9D9C5E

#9D9C5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.083 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9C5E
RGB	rgb(157, 156, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 40.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -9.16, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 33.84, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0252 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.083 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8139, 31.7538, 15.2514)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9C5E #5E5F9D

analogous

#9D7D5E #9D9C5E #7F9D5E

triadic

#9D9C5E #5E9D9C #9C5E9D

tetradic

#9D9C5E #5E9D7D #5E5F9D #9D5E7F

square

#9D9C5E #5E9D7D #5E5F9D #9D5E7F

split-complementary

#9D9C5E #5E7F9D #7D5E9D

monochromatic

#505030 #777647 #9D9C5E #B5B483 #CCCBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9D9C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#9D9C5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9C5E

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9C5E	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 156, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.083 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb98c',
    500: '#9d9c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9c5e;
$custom-light: #bbb98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 25.1,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67903,
    "c": 0.08323,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9C5E

secondary

#9D9DBA

accent

#68C266

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9C5E

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

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