#9F9971#9F9971

#9F9971 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.056 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9971
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 19%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 28.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -4.32, 21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 22.29, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0102 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.056 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6701, 31.3462, 20.1597)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9971 #71779F

analogous

#9F8271 #9F9971 #8E9F71

triadic

#9F9971 #719F99 #99719F

tetradic

#9F9971 #719F82 #71779F #9F718E

square

#9F9971 #719F82 #71779F #9F718E

split-complementary

#9F9971 #718E9F #82719F

monochromatic

#59553C #7E7855 #9F9971 #B8B396 #D0CDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9F9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#9F9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9971

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9971	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1966E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.056 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb79a',
    500: '#9f9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9971;
$custom-light: #bcb79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 19.328,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67779,
    "c": 0.05596,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9971

secondary

#ACAFC0

accent

#76BC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9971

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

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