#999B4E#999B4E

#999B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.100 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B4E
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 49.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -11.99, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 41.53, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0346 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.1 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2339, 30.7656, 11.7627)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B4E #504E9B

analogous

#9B764E #999B4E #729B4E

triadic

#999B4E #4E999B #9B4E99

tetradic

#999B4E #4E9B76 #504E9B #9B4E72

square

#999B4E #4E9B76 #504E9B #9B4E72

split-complementary

#999B4E #4E729B #764E9B

monochromatic

#494A25 #71723A #999B4E #B5B76F #CACB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#999B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#999B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B4E

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B4E	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.100 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b881',
    500: '#999b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b4e;
$custom-light: #b9b881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67091,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B4E

secondary

#8E8DB8

accent

#5FC961

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B4E

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

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