#999239#999239

#999239 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.110 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999239
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 62.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -8.94, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 47.58, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0282 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.11 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1551, 27.6263, 7.9301)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999239 #394099

analogous

#996239 #999239 #709939

triadic

#999239 #399992 #923999

tetradic

#999239 #399962 #394099 #993970

square

#999239 #399962 #394099 #993970

split-complementary

#999239 #397099 #623999

monochromatic

#403D18 #6C6728 #999239 #BEB651 #CFC97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#999239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#999239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999239

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999239	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.110 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab173',
    500: '#999239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999239;
$custom-light: #bab173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.625,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64821,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999239

secondary

#767AB8

accent

#5CD552

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999239

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

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