#999231#999231

#999231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.117 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999231
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 68%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -9.45, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 51.05, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0306 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.117 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9710, 27.5527, 6.9607)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999231 #313899

analogous

#995E31 #999231 #6C9931

triadic

#999231 #319992 #923199

tetradic

#999231 #31995E #313899 #99316C

square

#999231 #31995E #313899 #99316C

split-complementary

#999231 #316C99 #5E3199

monochromatic

#3C3A13 #6B6622 #999231 #C3BB44 #D2CC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#999231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#999231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999231

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999231	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.117 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab16f',
    500: '#999231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999231;
$custom-light: #bab16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64746,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999231

secondary

#6C71BA

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999231

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

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