#999972#999972

#999972 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.055 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999972
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -6.59, 20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 21.60, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0167 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.055 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5653, 30.7701, 20.4034)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999972 #727299

analogous

#998672 #999972 #869972

triadic

#999972 #729999 #997299

tetradic

#999972 #729986 #727299 #997286

square

#999972 #729986 #727299 #997286

split-complementary

#999972 #728699 #867299

monochromatic

#54543D #777756 #999972 #B3B396 #CCCCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#999972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#999972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999972

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999972	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0966F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.055 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b79a',
    500: '#999972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999972;
$custom-light: #b7b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67278,
    "c": 0.05453,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999972

secondary

#ABABBC

accent

#6FB96F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999972

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

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