#999157#999157

#999157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.079 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999157
RGB	rgb(153, 145, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 43.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -5.69, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 32.30, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0156 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.079 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9831, 27.7120, 13.0479)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999157 #575F99

analogous

#997057 #999157 #809957

triadic

#999157 #579991 #915799

tetradic

#999157 #579970 #575F99 #995780

square

#999157 #579970 #575F99 #995780

split-complementary

#999157 #578099 #705799

monochromatic

#4B472B #726C41 #999157 #B3AC7A #C9C5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#999157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#999157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999157

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999157	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 145, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.079 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b187',
    500: '#999157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999157;
$custom-light: #b8b187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64999,
    "c": 0.07874,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999157

secondary

#9599B7

accent

#70C464

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #999157

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

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