#999E2E#999E2E

#999E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.131 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E2E
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -15.95, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 57.04, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0492 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.131 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.8577, 31.4239, 7.2875)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E2E #332E9E

analogous

#9E6B2E #999E2E #619E2E

triadic

#999E2E #2E999E #9E2E99

tetradic

#999E2E #2E9E6B #332E9E #9E2E61

square

#999E2E #2E9E6B #332E9E #9E2E61

split-complementary

#999E2E #2E619E #6B2E9E

monochromatic

#3D3F12 #6B6F20 #999E2E #C2C841 #D1D671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#999E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#999E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E2E

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E2E	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.131 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baba6e',
    500: '#999e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e2e;
$custom-light: #baba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.679,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67438,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E2E

secondary

#6E6BBD

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E2E

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

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