#99915E#99915E

#99915E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.070 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99915E
RGB	rgb(153, 145, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 38.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -4.89, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 28.57, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0127 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.07 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2831, 27.8319, 14.6278)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99915E #5E6699

analogous

#99735E #99915E #83995E

triadic

#99915E #5E9991 #915E99

tetradic

#99915E #5E9973 #5E6699 #995E83

square

#99915E #5E9973 #5E6699 #995E83

split-complementary

#99915E #5E8399 #735E99

monochromatic

#4D492F #736D47 #99915E #B2AC82 #C9C5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#99915E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#99915E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #99915E

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99915E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99915E	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8E5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99915e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 145, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.070 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b18c',
    500: '#99915e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99915e;
$custom-light: #b8b18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99915e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 23.887,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65121,
    "c": 0.07037,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99915E

secondary

#9B9FB8

accent

#74C067

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100C

muted

#807F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #99915E

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

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