#9E9A72#9E9A72

#9E9A72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.056 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9A72
RGB	rgb(158, 154, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 27.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -5.13, 21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 22.19, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0125 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.056 103)
XYZ	xyz(28.6935, 31.5957, 20.5034)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9A72 #72769E

analogous

#9E8472 #9E9A72 #8C9E72

triadic

#9E9A72 #729E9A #9A729E

tetradic

#9E9A72 #729E84 #72769E #9E728C

square

#9E9A72 #729E84 #72769E #9E728C

split-complementary

#9E9A72 #728C9E #84729E

monochromatic

#59563D #7D7956 #9E9A72 #B7B496 #D0CEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9E9A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9E9A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9A72

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9A72	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1976F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 154, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.056 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb79a',
    500: '#9e9a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9a72;
$custom-light: #bbb79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 18.487,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67929,
    "c": 0.05577,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.31595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9A72

secondary

#ACAEBF

accent

#74BB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9A72

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

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