#9E9C66#9E9C66

#9E9C66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.073 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9C66
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 22%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 35.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -7.80, 28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 29.63, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0207 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.074 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3876, 32.0059, 17.2501)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9C66 #66689E

analogous

#9E8066 #9E9C66 #849E66

triadic

#9E9C66 #669E9C #9C669E

tetradic

#9E9C66 #669E80 #66689E #9E6684

square

#9E9C66 #669E80 #66689E #9E6684

split-complementary

#9E9C66 #66849E #80669E

monochromatic

#545335 #7A784D #9E9C66 #B6B48B #CDCCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9E9C66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#9E9C66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9C66

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9C66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9C66	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9c66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.073 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb992',
    500: '#9e9c66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9c66;
$custom-light: #bbb992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9c66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 22.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6813,
    "c": 0.0735,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9C66

secondary

#A3A4BC

accent

#6CBF69

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9C66

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

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