#999E4E#999E4E

#999E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.104 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E4E
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 50.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -13.57, 40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 42.97, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0391 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.104 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7394, 31.7766, 11.9311)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E4E #534E9E

analogous

#9E7B4E #999E4E #719E4E

triadic

#999E4E #4E999E #9E4E99

tetradic

#999E4E #4E9E7B #534E9E #9E4E71

square

#999E4E #4E9E7B #534E9E #9E4E71

split-complementary

#999E4E #4E719E #7B4E9E

monochromatic

#4A4C26 #71753A #999E4E #B4B971 #CACD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#999E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#999E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E4E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E4E	1.00	2.86	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.104 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba82',
    500: '#999e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e4e;
$custom-light: #b9ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67767,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E4E

secondary

#918EBA

accent

#5ECA65

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E4E

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

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