#999A6D#999A6D

#999A6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.062 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A6D
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 109)
HSL	hsl(61, 18%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 29.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -7.84, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 24.85, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0204 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.062 109)
XYZ	xyz(27.4529, 30.9880, 19.0001)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A6D #6E6D9A

analogous

#9A856D #999A6D #839A6D

triadic

#999A6D #6D999A #9A6D99

tetradic

#999A6D #6D9A85 #6E6D9A #9A6D83

square

#999A6D #6D9A85 #6E6D9A #9A6D83

split-complementary

#999A6D #6D839A #856D9A

monochromatic

#535339 #767753 #999A6D #B2B391 #CCCCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#999A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#999A6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A6D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A6D	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1966A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2986F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.062 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b797',
    500: '#999a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a6d;
$custom-light: #b7b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 18.219,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67393,
    "c": 0.06242,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.30988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A6D

secondary

#A8A8BB

accent

#6DBB6F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A6D

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

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