#999A79#999A79

#999A79 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.046 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A79
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 21.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -6.09, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 18.30, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0151 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.047 109)
XYZ	xyz(28.1435, 31.2643, 22.6375)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A79 #7A799A

analogous

#9A8B79 #999A79 #899A79

triadic

#999A79 #79999A #9A7999

tetradic

#999A79 #799A8B #7A799A #9A7989

square

#999A79 #799A8B #7A799A #9A7989

split-complementary

#999A79 #79899A #8B799A

monochromatic

#565742 #797A5C #999A79 #B4B49C #CECFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#999A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#999A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A79

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A79	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0987A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.046 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b79f',
    500: '#999a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a79;
$custom-light: #b7b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 14.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67654,
    "c": 0.0465,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.31264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A79

secondary

#B1B0BE

accent

#71B773

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A79

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

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