#999C4E#999C4E

#999C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.102 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999C4E
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 50%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -12.52, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 42.01, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0361 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.102 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4010, 31.0998, 11.8184)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999C4E #514E9C

analogous

#9C784E #999C4E #729C4E

triadic

#999C4E #4E999C #9C4E99

tetradic

#999C4E #4E9C78 #514E9C #9C4E72

square

#999C4E #4E9C78 #514E9C #9C4E72

split-complementary

#999C4E #4E729C #784E9C

monochromatic

#494A25 #71733A #999C4E #B5B770 #CACC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#999C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#999C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999C4E

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999C4E	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.102 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b982',
    500: '#999c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999c4e;
$custom-light: #b9b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67316,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999C4E

secondary

#8F8DB8

accent

#5EC962

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #999C4E

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

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