#9E997D#9E997D

#9E997D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.040 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E997D
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(51, 15%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 21%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 20.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -2.97, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 15.69, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0062 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.04 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1933, 31.5327, 23.9466)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E997D #7D829E

analogous

#9E887D #9E997D #929E7D

triadic

#9E997D #7D9E99 #997D9E

tetradic

#9E997D #7D9E88 #7D829E #9E7D92

square

#9E997D #7D9E88 #7D829E #9E7D92

split-complementary

#9E997D #7D929E #887D9E

monochromatic

#5C5845 #7F7A5F #9E997D #B8B4A0 #D2D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9E997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#9E997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E997D

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E997D	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F977B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.040 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb7a2',
    500: '#9e997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e997d;
$custom-light: #bbb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 14.537,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67961,
    "c": 0.03993,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E997D

secondary

#B5B7C2

accent

#7BB770

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E997D

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

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