#999A4E#999A4E

#999A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.099 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A4E
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 49.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -11.47, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 41.06, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0331 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.099 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0682, 30.4342, 11.7074)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A4E #4F4E9A

analogous

#9A754E #999A4E #739A4E

triadic

#999A4E #4E999A #9A4E99

tetradic

#999A4E #4E9A75 #4F4E9A #9A4E73

square

#999A4E #4E9A75 #4F4E9A #9A4E73

split-complementary

#999A4E #4E739A #754E9A

monochromatic

#484925 #717139 #999A4E #B5B66F #CACB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#999A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#999A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A4E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A4E	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.099 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b781',
    500: '#999a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a4e;
$custom-light: #b9b781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.789,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66866,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A4E

secondary

#8D8DB7

accent

#5FC960

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A4E

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

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