#999A5E#999A5E

#999A5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.081 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A5E
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 39%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -9.76, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 32.86, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0267 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.081 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7132, 30.6922, 15.1045)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A5E #5F5E9A

analogous

#9A7D5E #999A5E #7B9A5E

triadic

#999A5E #5E999A #9A5E99

tetradic

#999A5E #5E9A7D #5F5E9A #9A5E7B

square

#999A5E #5E9A7D #5F5E9A #9A5E7B

split-complementary

#999A5E #5E7B9A #7D5E9A

monochromatic

#4D4E30 #737447 #999A5E #B2B382 #CACAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#999A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#999A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A5E

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A5E	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.081 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b78c',
    500: '#999a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a5e;
$custom-light: #b8b78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 24.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67112,
    "c": 0.08114,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A5E

secondary

#9C9BB8

accent

#67C169

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110C

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A5E

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

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