#999237#999237

#999237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999237
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -9.07, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 48.48, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0288 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.112 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1062, 27.6068, 7.6725)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999237 #373E99

analogous

#996137 #999237 #6F9937

triadic

#999237 #379992 #923799

tetradic

#999237 #379961 #373E99 #99376F

square

#999237 #379961 #373E99 #99376F

split-complementary

#999237 #376F99 #613799

monochromatic

#3F3C17 #6C6727 #999237 #BFB74E #D0C97B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#999237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#999237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999237

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999237	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab172',
    500: '#999237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999237;
$custom-light: #bab172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64801,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999237

secondary

#7378B9

accent

#5BD751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999237

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

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