#999B78#999B78

#999B78 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.049 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B78
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 120)
HSL	hsl(63, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 23%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 22.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -6.79, 18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 19.40, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0171 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.049 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2482, 31.5713, 22.3714)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B78 #7A789B

analogous

#9B8C78 #999B78 #889B78

triadic

#999B78 #78999B #9B7899

tetradic

#999B78 #789B8C #7A789B #9B7888

square

#999B78 #789B8C #7A789B #9B7888

split-complementary

#999B78 #78889B #8C789B

monochromatic

#565841 #797B5B #999B78 #B4B59B #CECFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#999B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#999B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B78

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B78	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.049 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b89f',
    500: '#999b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b78;
$custom-light: #b7b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67851,
    "c": 0.04925,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B78

secondary

#B1B0BF

accent

#70B874

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B78

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

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