#999172#999172

#999172 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.045 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999172
RGB	rgb(153, 145, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 16%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 25%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 25.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -2.22, 17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 17.70, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.0041 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.045 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2996, 28.2386, 19.9815)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999172 #727A99

analogous

#997E72 #999172 #8E9972

triadic

#999172 #729991 #917299

tetradic

#999172 #72997E #727A99 #99728E

square

#999172 #72997E #727A99 #99728E

split-complementary

#999172 #728E99 #7E7299

monochromatic

#544F3D #777156 #999172 #B3AD96 #CCC8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#999172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#999172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999172

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999172	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 145, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.045 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b19a',
    500: '#999172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999172;
$custom-light: #b7b19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65531,
    "c": 0.04481,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999172

secondary

#ABAEBC

accent

#7EB96F

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F5F2

border

#D0CFCC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999172

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

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