#999B6D#999B6D

#999B6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.064 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B6D
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 109)
HSL	hsl(63, 19%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 30%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 29.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -8.38, 23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 25.37, 109.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0219 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.064 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6186, 31.3195, 19.0554)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B6D #6F6D9B

analogous

#9B866D #999B6D #829B6D

triadic

#999B6D #6D999B #9B6D99

tetradic

#999B6D #6D9B86 #6F6D9B #9B6D82

square

#999B6D #6D9B86 #6F6D9B #9B6D82

split-complementary

#999B6D #6D829B #866D9B

monochromatic

#53543A #777852 #999B6D #B2B491 #CCCDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#999B6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B6D

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B6D	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2976A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.064 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b897',
    500: '#999b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b6d;
$custom-light: #b7b897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 18.699,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67614,
    "c": 0.06377,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B6D

secondary

#A9A8BC

accent

#6CBB70

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B6D

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

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