#9E987C#9E987C

#9E987C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.040 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E987C
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 124)
HSL	hsl(49, 15%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 22%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 21.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -2.57, 15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 15.77, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0051 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.04 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9668, 31.1813, 23.5575)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E987C #7C829E

analogous

#9E877C #9E987C #939E7C

triadic

#9E987C #7C9E98 #987C9E

tetradic

#9E987C #7C9E87 #7C829E #9E7C93

square

#9E987C #7C9E87 #7C829E #9E7C93

split-complementary

#9E987C #7C939E #877C9E

monochromatic

#5C5744 #7F795E #9E987C #B8B49F #D2CFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9E987C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#9E987C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E987C

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E987C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E987C	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E967A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e987c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.040 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb6a2',
    500: '#9e987c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e987c;
$custom-light: #bbb6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e987c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 14.912,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67721,
    "c": 0.04012,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E987C

secondary

#B4B6C2

accent

#7DB870

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110F

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E987C

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

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