#999973#999973

#999973 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.053 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999973
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -6.45, 20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 21.06, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0162 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.053 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6226, 30.7929, 20.7048)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999973 #737399

analogous

#998673 #999973 #869973

triadic

#999973 #739999 #997399

tetradic

#999973 #739986 #737399 #997386

square

#999973 #739986 #737399 #997386

split-complementary

#999973 #738699 #867399

monochromatic

#54543D #787857 #999973 #B3B396 #CDCDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#999973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#999973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999973

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999973	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.053 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b79b',
    500: '#999973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999973;
$custom-light: #b7b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.702,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67299,
    "c": 0.0532,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999973

secondary

#ACACBC

accent

#6FB86F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999973

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

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