#999261#999261

#999261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.068 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999261
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 22%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 36.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -5.07, 26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 27.41, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.013 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.068 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5738, 28.1938, 15.4017)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999261 #616899

analogous

#997661 #999261 #849961

triadic

#999261 #619992 #926199

tetradic

#999261 #619976 #616899 #996184

square

#999261 #619976 #616899 #996184

split-complementary

#999261 #618499 #766199

monochromatic

#4E4B32 #746E49 #999261 #B2AC85 #CAC6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#999261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#999261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999261

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999261	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.068 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b18e',
    500: '#999261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999261;
$custom-light: #b8b18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 22.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65395,
    "c": 0.0678,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999261

secondary

#9EA1B8

accent

#74BF69

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F5F0

border

#D0CFCB

text

#11100C

muted

#807F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #999261

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

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