#999942#999942

#999942 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.110 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999942
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -11.99, 44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 46.40, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0359 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.11 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5122, 29.9488, 9.5900)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999942 #424299

analogous

#996D42 #999942 #6D9942

triadic

#999942 #429999 #994299

tetradic

#999942 #42996D #424299 #99426D

square

#999942 #42996D #424299 #99426D

split-complementary

#999942 #426D99 #6D4299

monochromatic

#43431D #6E6E30 #999942 #BABA5E #CCCC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#999942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#999942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999942

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999942	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.110 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b67a',
    500: '#999942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999942;
$custom-light: #b9b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6649,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999942

secondary

#8080B7

accent

#58D058

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999942

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

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