#9E9B8D#9E9B8D

#9E9B8D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.020 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B8D
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(49, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 11%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -1.45, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 7.86, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0025 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.02 97)
XYZ	xyz(30.6291, 32.6351, 29.8798)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B8D #8D909E

analogous

#9E928D #9E9B8D #989E8D

triadic

#9E9B8D #8D9E9B #9B8D9E

tetradic

#9E9B8D #8D9E92 #8D909E #9E8D98

square

#9E9B8D #8D9E92 #8D909E #9E8D98

split-complementary

#9E9B8D #8D989E #928D9E

monochromatic

#5F5D51 #807D6D #9E9B8D #BAB8AE #D6D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#9E9B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#9E9B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B8D

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B8D	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.020 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab8ae',
    500: '#9e9b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b8d;
$custom-light: #bab8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 8.057,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68798,
    "c": 0.02031,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.32635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B8D

secondary

#C0C1C7

accent

#81B177

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B8D

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

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