#999987#999987

#999987 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.026 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999987
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -3.28, 9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 10.02, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0075 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.026 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9008, 31.3042, 27.4368)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#999987 #878799

analogous

#999087 #999987 #909987

triadic

#999987 #879999 #998799

tetradic

#999987 #879990 #878799 #998790

square

#999987 #879990 #878799 #998790

split-complementary

#999987 #879099 #908799

monochromatic

#5A5A4C #7B7B68 #999987 #B5B5A8 #D1D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#999987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999987

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999987	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.026 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7aa',
    500: '#999987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999987;
$custom-light: #b7b7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67782,
    "c": 0.02573,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999987

secondary

#BABAC2

accent

#77B177

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999987

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

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