#9E9B77#9E9B77

#9E9B77 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.050 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B77
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 17%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 24.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -4.96, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 19.95, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0119 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.05 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1517, 32.0442, 22.0986)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B77 #777A9E

analogous

#9E8877 #9E9B77 #8E9E77

triadic

#9E9B77 #779E9B #9B779E

tetradic

#9E9B77 #779E88 #777A9E #9E778E

square

#9E9B77 #779E88 #777A9E #9E778E

split-complementary

#9E9B77 #778E9E #88779E

monochromatic

#5A5840 #7E7B5A #9E9B77 #B7B59B #D1D0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#9E9B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#9E9B77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B77

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B77	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.050 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb89e',
    500: '#9e9b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b77;
$custom-light: #bbb89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 16.738,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68255,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B77

secondary

#B0B1C1

accent

#74B96E

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B77

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

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