#999D4E#999D4E

#999D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.103 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999D4E
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 50.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -13.05, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 42.49, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0376 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.103 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5695, 31.4368, 11.8745)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999D4E #524E9D

analogous

#9D794E #999D4E #719D4E

triadic

#999D4E #4E999D #9D4E99

tetradic

#999D4E #4E9D79 #524E9D #9D4E71

square

#999D4E #4E9D79 #524E9D #9D4E71

split-complementary

#999D4E #4E719D #794E9D

monochromatic

#494B25 #71743A #999D4E #B4B870 #CACC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#999D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#999D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999D4E

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999D4E	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.103 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b982',
    500: '#999d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999d4e;
$custom-light: #b9b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.038,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67542,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999D4E

secondary

#908EB9

accent

#5ECA64

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #999D4E

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

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