#9F996E#9F996E

#9F996E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.060 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F996E
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 20%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 30.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -4.73, 23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 23.92, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0115 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.06 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5040, 31.2798, 19.2849)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F996E #6E749F

analogous

#9F806E #9F996E #8C9F6E

triadic

#9F996E #6E9F99 #996E9F

tetradic

#9F996E #6E9F80 #6E749F #9F6E8C

square

#9F996E #6E9F80 #6E749F #9F6E8C

split-complementary

#9F996E #6E8C9F #806E9F

monochromatic

#58553A #7D7853 #9F996E #B7B393 #D0CDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9F996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#9F996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F996E

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F996E	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1966B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.060 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb798',
    500: '#9f996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f996e;
$custom-light: #bcb798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 20.332,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67717,
    "c": 0.05982,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F996E

secondary

#AAACBF

accent

#75BD6B

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110D

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F996E

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

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