#9FA997#9FA997

#9FA997 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.028 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9FA997
RGB	rgb(159, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(93, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(93, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -6.91, 8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 10.64, 130.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0183 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.028 131)
XYZ	xyz(34.0710, 37.9811, 34.8083)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9FA997 #A197A9

analogous

#A8A997 #9FA997 #97A998

triadic

#9FA997 #979FA9 #A9979F

tetradic

#9FA997 #97A8A9 #A197A9 #A99897

square

#9FA997 #97A8A9 #A197A9 #A99897

split-complementary

#9FA997 #9897A9 #A997A8

monochromatic

#626C59 #808D76 #9FA997 #BEC5B8 #DDE0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#9FA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#9FA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9FA997

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9FA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9FA997	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9fa997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.028 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc2b5',
    500: '#9fa997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9fa997;
$custom-light: #bbc2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9fa997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.333,
    "s": 9.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72167,
    "c": 0.02788,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.37981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9FA997

secondary

#CECBD1

accent

#529376

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111211

muted

#808180

Preview Lab

Preview with #9FA997

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

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