#999C8A#999C8A

#999C8A is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.026 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999C8A
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(70, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -4.40, 9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 10.08, 115.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0109 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.026 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6122, 32.3843, 28.7306)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999C8A #8D8A9C

analogous

#9C968A #999C8A #909C8A

triadic

#999C8A #8A999C #9C8A99

tetradic

#999C8A #8A9C96 #8D8A9C #9C8A90

square

#999C8A #8A9C96 #8D8A9C #9C8A90

split-complementary

#999C8A #8A909C #968A9C

monochromatic

#5B5D4F #7B7E6B #999C8A #B6B8AB #D3D4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#999C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#999C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999C8A

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999C8A	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.026 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9ac',
    500: '#999c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999c8a;
$custom-light: #b7b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68513,
    "c": 0.02593,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999C8A

secondary

#BEBDC5

accent

#76B180

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999C8A

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

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