#9E987A#9E987A

#9E987A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.043 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E987A
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 122)
HSL	hsl(50, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 22.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -2.88, 16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 16.86, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.006 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.043 98)
XYZ	xyz(28.8416, 31.1312, 22.8982)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E987A #7A809E

analogous

#9E867A #9E987A #929E7A

triadic

#9E987A #7A9E98 #987A9E

tetradic

#9E987A #7A9E86 #7A809E #9E7A92

square

#9E987A #7A9E86 #7A809E #9E7A92

split-complementary

#9E987A #7A929E #867A9E

monochromatic

#5B5742 #7F795C #9E987A #B8B39D #D2CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9E987A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9E987A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E987A

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E987A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E987A	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0987B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e987a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.043 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb6a0',
    500: '#9e987a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e987a;
$custom-light: #bbb6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e987a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 15.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67674,
    "c": 0.04281,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.31131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E987A

secondary

#B2B5C1

accent

#7CB86F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E987A

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

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