#999939#999939

#999939 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.118 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999939
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -12.66, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 50.47, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0388 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.118 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2674, 29.8509, 8.3009)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999939 #393999

analogous

#996939 #999939 #699939

triadic

#999939 #399999 #993999

tetradic

#999939 #399969 #393999 #993969

square

#999939 #399969 #393999 #993969

split-complementary

#999939 #396999 #693999

monochromatic

#404018 #6C6C28 #999939 #BEBE51 #CFCF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#999939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#999939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999939

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999939	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)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.118 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab674',
    500: '#999939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999939;
$custom-light: #bab674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66395,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999939

secondary

#7676B8

accent

#52D552

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999939

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

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