#999B5E#999B5E

#999B5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.082 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B5E
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 39.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -10.29, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 33.36, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0282 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.082 110)
XYZ	xyz(26.8789, 31.0236, 15.1597)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B5E #605E9B

analogous

#9B7F5E #999B5E #7B9B5E

triadic

#999B5E #5E999B #9B5E99

tetradic

#999B5E #5E9B7F #605E9B #9B5E7B

square

#999B5E #5E9B7F #605E9B #9B5E7B

split-complementary

#999B5E #5E7B9B #7F5E9B

monochromatic

#4E4F30 #737547 #999B5E #B2B483 #CACBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#999B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#999B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B5E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B5E	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#A49659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.082 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b88c',
    500: '#999b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b5e;
$custom-light: #b8b88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 24.498,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67335,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.31023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B5E

secondary

#9D9CB9

accent

#67C16A

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110C

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B5E

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

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