#99956C#99956C

#99956C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.057 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99956C
RGB	rgb(153, 149, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 29.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -5.27, 22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 22.86, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.013 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.057 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5912, 29.3504, 18.4489)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99956C #6C7099

analogous

#997E6C #99956C #86996C

triadic

#99956C #6C9995 #956C99

tetradic

#99956C #6C997E #6C7099 #996C86

square

#99956C #6C997E #6C7099 #996C86

split-complementary

#99956C #6C8699 #7E6C99

monochromatic

#525039 #767352 #99956C #B2AF90 #CBC9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#99956C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#99956C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #99956C

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99956C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99956C	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E956E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99956c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 149, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.057 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b496',
    500: '#99956c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99956c;
$custom-light: #b7b496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99956c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66272,
    "c": 0.05731,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99956C

secondary

#A6A8BA

accent

#74BB6D

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #99956C

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

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