#999A7E#999A7E

#999A7E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.040 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A7E
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 126)
HSL	hsl(62, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 18.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -5.31, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 15.55, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.013 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.04 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4581, 31.3901, 24.2943)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A7E #7F7E9A

analogous

#9A8D7E #999A7E #8B9A7E

triadic

#999A7E #7E999A #9A7E99

tetradic

#999A7E #7E9A8D #7F7E9A #9A7E8B

square

#999A7E #7E9A8D #7F7E9A #9A7E8B

split-complementary

#999A7E #7E8B9A #8D7E9A

monochromatic

#585845 #7A7B60 #999A7E #B4B5A0 #CFD0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#999A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A7E

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A7E	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F977C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F997F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.040 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b7a3',
    500: '#999a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a7e;
$custom-light: #b7b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 12.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67772,
    "c": 0.03967,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A7E

secondary

#B4B4C0

accent

#73B575

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A7E

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

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