#999A6E#999A6E

#999A6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.061 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A6E
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 110)
HSL	hsl(61, 18%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 29%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 28.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -7.70, 23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 24.31, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0199 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.061 109)
XYZ	xyz(27.5070, 31.0097, 19.2852)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A6E #6F6E9A

analogous

#9A856E #999A6E #839A6E

triadic

#999A6E #6E999A #9A6E99

tetradic

#999A6E #6E9A85 #6F6E9A #9A6E83

square

#999A6E #6E9A85 #6F6E9A #9A6E83

split-complementary

#999A6E #6E839A #856E9A

monochromatic

#53533A #777853 #999A6E #B2B392 #CCCCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#999A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#999A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A6E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A6E	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)

#A1966B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.061 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b798',
    500: '#999a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a6e;
$custom-light: #b7b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 17.886,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67414,
    "c": 0.06113,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.31009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A6E

secondary

#A9A8BC

accent

#6DBB6F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A6E

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

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