#9E9986#9E9986

#9E9986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.028 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9986
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(48, 11%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 15%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -1.53, 10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 10.76, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0023 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.028 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7945, 31.7732, 27.1129)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9986 #868B9E

analogous

#9E8D86 #9E9986 #979E86

triadic

#9E9986 #869E99 #99869E

tetradic

#9E9986 #869E8D #868B9E #9E8697

square

#9E9986 #869E8D #868B9E #9E8697

split-complementary

#9E9986 #86979E #8D869E

monochromatic

#5E5A4B #807B67 #9E9986 #B9B6A8 #D4D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9E9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#9E9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9986

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9986	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.028 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab7a9',
    500: '#9e9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9986;
$custom-light: #bab7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 11.009,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68184,
    "c": 0.02769,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9986

secondary

#BBBDC5

accent

#81B474

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9986

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

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