#9E9871#9E9871

#9E9871 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.055 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9871
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 19%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 28.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -4.18, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 21.77, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0098 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.055 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3096, 30.9184, 20.0961)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9871 #71779E

analogous

#9E8171 #9E9871 #8D9E71

triadic

#9E9871 #719E98 #98719E

tetradic

#9E9871 #719E81 #71779E #9E718D

square

#9E9871 #719E81 #71779E #9E718D

split-complementary

#9E9871 #718D9E #81719E

monochromatic

#58553C #7D7755 #9E9871 #B7B295 #D0CDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9E9871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#9E9871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9871

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9871	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F956E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.055 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb69a',
    500: '#9e9871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9871;
$custom-light: #bbb69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 18.828,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67473,
    "c": 0.0547,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9871

secondary

#ACAEBF

accent

#77BB6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9871

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

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