#9E996E#9E996E

#9E996E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.060 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E996E
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 20%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 30%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 30.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -5.14, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 23.88, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0127 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.06 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3064, 31.1779, 19.2756)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E996E #6E739E

analogous

#9E816E #9E996E #8B9E6E

triadic

#9E996E #6E9E99 #996E9E

tetradic

#9E996E #6E9E81 #6E739E #9E6E8B

square

#9E996E #6E9E81 #6E739E #9E6E8B

split-complementary

#9E996E #6E8B9E #816E9E

monochromatic

#57543A #7C7853 #9E996E #B7B393 #CFCDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9E996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#9E996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E996E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E996E	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)

#A1966B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.060 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb798',
    500: '#9e996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e996e;
$custom-light: #bbb798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 19.835,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67628,
    "c": 0.05976,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E996E

secondary

#A9ACBE

accent

#74BC6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E996E

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

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