#9E9873#9E9873

#9E9873 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.052 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9873
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 18%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 27.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -3.90, 20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 20.68, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.009 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.052 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4234, 30.9639, 20.6957)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9873 #73799E

analogous

#9E8273 #9E9873 #8E9E73

triadic

#9E9873 #739E98 #98739E

tetradic

#9E9873 #739E82 #73799E #9E738E

square

#9E9873 #739E82 #73799E #9E738E

split-complementary

#9E9873 #738E9E #82739E

monochromatic

#59553E #7D7857 #9E9873 #B7B397 #D0CDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9E9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#9E9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9873

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9873	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.052 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb69b',
    500: '#9e9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9873;
$custom-light: #bbb69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 18.143,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67516,
    "c": 0.05209,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9873

secondary

#ADB0C0

accent

#78BB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9873

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

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