#99916B#99916B

#99916B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.054 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99916B
RGB	rgb(153, 145, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 30.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -3.21, 21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 21.53, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0072 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.054 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9163, 28.0852, 17.9628)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99916B #6B7399

analogous

#997A6B #99916B #8A996B

triadic

#99916B #6B9991 #916B99

tetradic

#99916B #6B997A #6B7399 #996B8A

square

#99916B #6B997A #6B7399 #996B8A

split-complementary

#99916B #6B8A99 #7A6B99

monochromatic

#514D38 #766F51 #99916B #B2AC8F #CBC7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#99916B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#99916B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #99916B

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99916B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99916B	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B926C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99916b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 145, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.054 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b195',
    500: '#99916b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99916b;
$custom-light: #b7b195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99916b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65377,
    "c": 0.05398,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99916B

secondary

#A6A9BA

accent

#7ABB6D

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F1

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #99916B

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

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