#999937#999937

#999937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.119 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999937
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -12.80, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 51.34, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0394 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.119 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2185, 29.8313, 8.0433)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999937 #373799

analogous

#996837 #999937 #689937

triadic

#999937 #379999 #993799

tetradic

#999937 #379968 #373799 #993768

square

#999937 #379968 #373799 #993768

split-complementary

#999937 #376899 #683799

monochromatic

#3F3F17 #6C6C27 #999937 #BFBF4E #D0D07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#999937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#999937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999937

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999937	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.119 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab673',
    500: '#999937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999937;
$custom-light: #bab673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66376,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999937

secondary

#7373B9

accent

#51D751

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999937

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

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