#999A4A#999A4A

#999A4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.103 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A4A
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 51.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -11.84, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 43.03, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0346 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.103 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9291, 30.3785, 10.9750)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A4A #4B4A9A

analogous

#9A734A #999A4A #719A4A

triadic

#999A4A #4A999A #9A4A99

tetradic

#999A4A #4A9A73 #4B4A9A #9A4A71

square

#999A4A #4A9A73 #4B4A9A #9A4A71

split-complementary

#999A4A #4A719A #734A9A

monochromatic

#474722 #707136 #999A4A #B6B76A #CBCB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#999A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#999A4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A4A

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A4A	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.103 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b77f',
    500: '#999a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a4a;
$custom-light: #b9b77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.75,
    "s": 35.088,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66813,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A4A

secondary

#8989B7

accent

#5DCB5E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A4A

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

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