#9E9E8A#9E9E8A

#9E9E8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.028 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9E8A
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -3.60, 10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 11.07, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0084 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.028 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9144, 33.5580, 28.8886)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9E8A #8A8A9E

analogous

#9E948A #9E9E8A #949E8A

triadic

#9E9E8A #8A9E9E #9E8A9E

tetradic

#9E9E8A #8A9E94 #8A8A9E #9E8A94

square

#9E9E8A #8A9E94 #8A8A9E #9E8A94

split-complementary

#9E9E8A #8A949E #948A9E

monochromatic

#5F5F4F #80806A #9E9E8A #BABAAB #D5D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#9E9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#9E9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9E8A

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9E8A	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.028 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babaac',
    500: '#9e9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9e8a;
$custom-light: #babaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69363,
    "c": 0.02839,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9E8A

secondary

#BEBEC6

accent

#75B275

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9E8A

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

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