#999B83#999B83

#999B83 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.034 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B83
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 131)
HSL	hsl(65, 11%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 15%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 15.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -5.04, 12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 13.35, 112.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0123 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.034 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9545, 31.8539, 26.0914)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B83 #85839B

analogous

#9B9183 #999B83 #8D9B83

triadic

#999B83 #83999B #9B8399

tetradic

#999B83 #839B91 #85839B #9B838D

square

#999B83 #839B91 #85839B #9B838D

split-complementary

#999B83 #838D9B #91839B

monochromatic

#595B49 #7A7C64 #999B83 #B5B6A5 #D1D2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#999B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#999B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B83

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B83	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.034 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8a7',
    500: '#999b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b83;
$custom-light: #b7b8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 10.714,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68114,
    "c": 0.0342,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B83

secondary

#B9B8C2

accent

#74B479

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B83

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

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