#9F9986#9F9986

#9F9986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.028 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F9986
RGB	rgb(159, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(46, 12%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 15.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -1.15, 10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 10.84, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0012 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.028 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9921, 31.8750, 27.1222)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F9986 #868C9F

analogous

#9F8C86 #9F9986 #999F86

triadic

#9F9986 #869F99 #99869F

tetradic

#9F9986 #869F8C #868C9F #9F8699

square

#9F9986 #869F8C #868C9F #9F8699

split-complementary

#9F9986 #86999F #8C869F

monochromatic

#5F5A4B #817B67 #9F9986 #BAB6A8 #D5D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9F9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#9F9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9F9986

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F9986	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.028 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb7a9',
    500: '#9f9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f9986;
$custom-light: #bbb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 11.521,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68272,
    "c": 0.02795,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F9986

secondary

#BBBEC5

accent

#83B473

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F9986

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

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