#9E997A#9E997A

#9E997A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.044 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E997A
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(52, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 22.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -3.43, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 17.33, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0075 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.044 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0046, 31.4572, 22.9525)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E997A #7A7F9E

analogous

#9E877A #9E997A #919E7A

triadic

#9E997A #7A9E99 #997A9E

tetradic

#9E997A #7A9E87 #7A7F9E #9E7A91

square

#9E997A #7A9E87 #7A7F9E #9E7A91

split-complementary

#9E997A #7A919E #877A9E

monochromatic

#5B5842 #7F7A5C #9E997A #B8B49D #D2CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9E997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#9E997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E997A

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E997A	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1997B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.044 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb7a0',
    500: '#9e997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e997a;
$custom-light: #bbb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 15.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6789,
    "c": 0.04397,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E997A

secondary

#B2B4C1

accent

#7AB86F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E997A

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

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