#999B7E#999B7E

#999B7E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.041 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B7E
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 126)
HSL	hsl(64, 13%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 19%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 18.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -5.86, 15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 16.11, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0145 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.041 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6238, 31.7216, 24.3496)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B7E #807E9B

analogous

#9B8E7E #999B7E #8A9B7E

triadic

#999B7E #7E999B #9B7E99

tetradic

#999B7E #7E9B8E #807E9B #9B7E8A

square

#999B7E #7E9B8E #807E9B #9B7E8A

split-complementary

#999B7E #7E8A9B #8E7E9B

monochromatic

#585945 #7A7C60 #999B7E #B4B6A0 #D0D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#999B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#999B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B7E

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B7E	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0987C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.041 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8a3',
    500: '#999b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b7e;
$custom-light: #b7b8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 12.664,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67991,
    "c": 0.04109,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B7E

secondary

#B5B4C0

accent

#72B677

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B7E

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

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