#9E9972#9E9972

#9E9972 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.055 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9972
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 27.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -4.59, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 21.70, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.011 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.055 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5292, 31.2670, 20.4486)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9972 #72779E

analogous

#9E8372 #9E9972 #8D9E72

triadic

#9E9972 #729E99 #99729E

tetradic

#9E9972 #729E83 #72779E #9E728D

square

#9E9972 #729E83 #72779E #9E728D

split-complementary

#9E9972 #728D9E #83729E

monochromatic

#59553D #7D7856 #9E9972 #B7B396 #D0CDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9E9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9E9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9972

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9972	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0966F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.055 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb79a',
    500: '#9e9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9972;
$custom-light: #bbb79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 18.487,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67712,
    "c": 0.05456,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9972

secondary

#ACAFBF

accent

#76BB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9972

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

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