#999B6E#999B6E

#999B6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.062 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B6E
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 110)
HSL	hsl(63, 18%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 29%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 29%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -8.24, 23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 24.83, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0215 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.062 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6727, 31.3411, 19.3405)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B6E #706E9B

analogous

#9B876E #999B6E #839B6E

triadic

#999B6E #6E999B #9B6E99

tetradic

#999B6E #6E9B87 #706E9B #9B6E83

square

#999B6E #6E9B87 #706E9B #9B6E83

split-complementary

#999B6E #6E839B #876E9B

monochromatic

#53543A #777953 #999B6E #B2B492 #CCCDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#999B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B6E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B6E	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2976B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.062 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b898',
    500: '#999b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b6e;
$custom-light: #b7b898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 18.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67635,
    "c": 0.06248,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B6E

secondary

#A9A9BC

accent

#6DBB70

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B6E

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

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