#99997E#99997E

#99997E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.038 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99997E
RGBrgb(153, 153, 126)
HSLhsl(60, 12%, 55%)
HSVhsv(60, 18%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(62.56, -4.77, 14.23)
CIE-LCHlch(62.56, 15.01, 108.51°)
OKLaboklab(67.55% -0.0114 0.0365)
OKLCHoklch(67.55% 0.038 107.4)
XYZxyz(28.2937, 31.0614, 24.2395)
Luminance0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99997E #7E7E99
analogous
#998C7E #99997E #8C997E
triadic
#99997E #7E9999 #997E99
tetradic
#99997E #7E998C #7E7E99 #997E8C
square
#99997E #7E998C #7E7E99 #997E8C
split-complementary
#99997E #7E8C99 #8C7E99
monochromatic
#575745 #7A7A60 #99997E #B4B4A0 #CFCFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91
#99997E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21
#99997E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99997E
7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99997E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##99997E1.002.917.217.21
#FFFFFF2.911.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2121.001.001.00
##0000007.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E977C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E987F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D9591
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.038 107.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7a3',
    500: '#99997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99997e;
$custom-light: #b7b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67554,
    "c": 0.03828,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99997E
secondary
#B4B4BF
accent
#73B573
background
#FBFBFA
surface
#F6F6F3
border
#D0D0CD
text
#11110F
muted
#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #99997E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#99997E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva