#999B59#999B59

#999B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.088 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B59
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 42.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -10.86, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 35.96, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0303 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.088 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6618, 30.9368, 14.0161)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B59 #5B599B

analogous

#9B7C59 #999B59 #789B59

triadic

#999B59 #59999B #9B5999

tetradic

#999B59 #599B7C #5B599B #9B5978

square

#999B59 #599B7C #5B599B #9B5978

split-complementary

#999B59 #59789B #7C599B

monochromatic

#4C4D2C #737443 #999B59 #B3B47D #C9CBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#999B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#999B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B59

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B59	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.088 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b889',
    500: '#999b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b59;
$custom-light: #b8b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 27.049,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67253,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B59

secondary

#9897B8

accent

#64C367

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110B

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B59

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

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