#999979#999979

#999979 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.045 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999979
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -5.55, 16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 17.77, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0136 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.045 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9791, 30.9356, 22.5827)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999979 #797999

analogous

#998979 #999979 #899979

triadic

#999979 #799999 #997999

tetradic

#999979 #799989 #797999 #997989

square

#999979 #799989 #797999 #997989

split-complementary

#999979 #798999 #897999

monochromatic

#565642 #79795C #999979 #B3B39C #CECEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#999979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#999979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999979

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999979	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F987A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.045 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b79f',
    500: '#999979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999979;
$custom-light: #b7b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67435,
    "c": 0.04513,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999979

secondary

#B0B0BE

accent

#71B671

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999979

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

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