#9E9B73#9E9B73

#9E9B73 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.056 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B73
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 18%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 27.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -5.53, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 22.13, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0136 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.056 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9165, 31.9501, 20.8600)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B73 #73769E

analogous

#9E8573 #9E9B73 #8B9E73

triadic

#9E9B73 #739E9B #9B739E

tetradic

#9E9B73 #739E85 #73769E #9E738B

square

#9E9B73 #739E85 #73769E #9E738B

split-complementary

#9E9B73 #738B9E #85739E

monochromatic

#59573E #7D7A57 #9E9B73 #B7B597 #D0CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9E9B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#9E9B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B73

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B73	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.056 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb89b',
    500: '#9e9b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b73;
$custom-light: #bbb89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 18.143,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68168,
    "c": 0.0557,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B73

secondary

#ADAEC0

accent

#72BB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B73

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

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