#9E9878#9E9878

#9E9878 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.045 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9878
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 24.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -3.18, 17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 17.95, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0068 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.045 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7190, 31.0822, 22.2522)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9878 #787E9E

analogous

#9E8578 #9E9878 #919E78

triadic

#9E9878 #789E98 #98789E

tetradic

#9E9878 #789E85 #787E9E #9E7891

square

#9E9878 #789E85 #787E9E #9E7891

split-complementary

#9E9878 #78919E #85789E

monochromatic

#5B5741 #7E795B #9E9878 #B8B39C #D1CEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9E9878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#9E9878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9878

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9878	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.045 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb69f',
    500: '#9e9878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9878;
$custom-light: #bbb69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 16.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67628,
    "c": 0.04547,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9878

secondary

#B1B3C1

accent

#7AB96F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9878

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

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