#999A42#999A42

#999A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.111 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A42
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 57.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -12.52, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 46.85, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0374 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.111 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6765, 30.2775, 9.6448)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A42 #43429A

analogous

#9A6F42 #999A42 #6D9A42

triadic

#999A42 #42999A #9A4299

tetradic

#999A42 #429A6F #43429A #9A426D

square

#999A42 #429A6F #43429A #9A426D

split-complementary

#999A42 #426D9A #6F429A

monochromatic

#44441D #6E6F30 #999A42 #B9BA5F #CCCD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#999A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#999A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A42

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A42	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.111 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b77a',
    500: '#999a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a42;
$custom-light: #b9b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.682,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66716,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A42

secondary

#8180B8

accent

#58D059

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A42

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

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