#9E986E#9E986E

#9E986E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.059 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E986E
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 20%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 30.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -4.60, 22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 23.40, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0111 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.059 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1435, 30.8520, 19.2213)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E986E #6E749E

analogous

#9E806E #9E986E #8C9E6E

triadic

#9E986E #6E9E98 #986E9E

tetradic

#9E986E #6E9E80 #6E749E #9E6E8C

square

#9E986E #6E9E80 #6E749E #9E6E8C

split-complementary

#9E986E #6E8C9E #806E9E

monochromatic

#57543A #7C7753 #9E986E #B7B293 #CFCCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9E986E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#9E986E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E986E

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E986E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E986E	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0956B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e986e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.059 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb698',
    500: '#9e986e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e986e;
$custom-light: #bbb698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e986e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 19.835,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6741,
    "c": 0.05859,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E986E

secondary

#A9ACBE

accent

#75BC6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E986E

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

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