#9E993C#9E993C

#9E993C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.115 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E993C
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 62%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -10.27, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 49.22, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.032 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.115 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3083, 30.3787, 8.7519)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E993C #3C419E

analogous

#9E683C #9E993C #729E3C

triadic

#9E993C #3C9E99 #993C9E

tetradic

#9E993C #3C9E68 #3C419E #9E3C72

square

#9E993C #3C9E68 #3C419E #9E3C72

split-complementary

#9E993C #3C729E #683C9E

monochromatic

#45431A #726E2B #9E993C #BFBA58 #D0CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9E993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#9E993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E993C

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E993C	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.115 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb676',
    500: '#9e993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e993c;
$custom-light: #bdb676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6687,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E993C

secondary

#7B7FBA

accent

#5AD553

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E993C

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

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