#999166#999166

#999166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.060 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999166
RGB	rgb(153, 145, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 20%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 33.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -3.88, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 24.25, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0093 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.06 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6608, 27.9830, 16.6173)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999166 #666E99

analogous

#997766 #999166 #889966

triadic

#999166 #669991 #916699

tetradic

#999166 #669977 #666E99 #996688

square

#999166 #669977 #666E99 #996688

split-complementary

#999166 #668899 #776699

monochromatic

#504B35 #746E4E #999166 #B1AB8B #CAC6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#999166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#999166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999166

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999166	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 145, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.060 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b192',
    500: '#999166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999166;
$custom-light: #b8b192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65274,
    "c": 0.0604,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999166

secondary

#A2A6B9

accent

#78BD6B

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F1

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999166

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

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