#999D8A#999D8A

#999D8A is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.027 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999D8A
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(73, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 12%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -4.94, 9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 10.67, 117.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0124 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.027 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7807, 32.7213, 28.7868)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999D8A #8E8A9D

analogous

#9D978A #999D8A #8F9D8A

triadic

#999D8A #8A999D #9D8A99

tetradic

#999D8A #8A9D97 #8E8A9D #9D8A8F

square

#999D8A #8A9D97 #8E8A9D #9D8A8F

split-complementary

#999D8A #8A8F9D #978A9D

monochromatic

#5B5E4F #7B7F6B #999D8A #B6B9AB #D3D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#999D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#999D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999D8A

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999D8A	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.027 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9ac',
    500: '#999d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999d8a;
$custom-light: #b7b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.632,
    "s": 8.837,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6873,
    "c": 0.02749,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999D8A

secondary

#BFBEC5

accent

#76B283

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999D8A

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

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