#9E995F#9E995F

#9E995F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.078 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E995F
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 25%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 39.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -7.02, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 31.91, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.019 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.078 104)
XYZ	xyz(27.5578, 30.8785, 15.3327)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E995F #5F649E

analogous

#9E7A5F #9E995F #849E5F

triadic

#9E995F #5F9E99 #995F9E

tetradic

#9E995F #5F9E7A #5F649E #9E5F84

square

#9E995F #5F9E7A #5F649E #9E5F84

split-complementary

#9E995F #5F849E #7A5F9E

monochromatic

#524F31 #787448 #9E995F #B5B285 #CCCAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9E995F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#9E995F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E995F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E995F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E995F	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3955B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e995f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.078 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb68d',
    500: '#9e995f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e995f;
$custom-light: #bcb68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e995f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 24.901,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67345,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.30878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E995F

secondary

#9EA0BB

accent

#6EC166

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E995F

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

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