#9F9873#9F9873

#9F9873 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.052 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9873
RGB	rgb(159, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 19%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 27.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -3.50, 20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 20.74, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0078 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.052 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6210, 31.0658, 20.7049)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9873 #737A9F

analogous

#9F8273 #9F9873 #909F73

triadic

#9F9873 #739F98 #98739F

tetradic

#9F9873 #739F82 #737A9F #9F7390

square

#9F9873 #739F82 #737A9F #9F7390

split-complementary

#9F9873 #73909F #82739F

monochromatic

#5A553E #7E7857 #9F9873 #B8B397 #D1CDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9F9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#9F9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9873

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9873	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.052 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb69b',
    500: '#9f9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9873;
$custom-light: #bcb69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 18.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67605,
    "c": 0.05221,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9873

secondary

#ADB0C0

accent

#79BB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9873

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

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