#999E65#999E65

#999E65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.078 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E65
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 101)
HSL	hsl(65, 23%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 36.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -11.03, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 31.23, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0299 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.078 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7129, 32.1660, 17.0581)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E65 #6A659E

analogous

#9E8665 #999E65 #7C9E65

triadic

#999E65 #65999E #9E6599

tetradic

#999E65 #659E86 #6A659E #9E657C

square

#999E65 #659E86 #6A659E #9E657C

split-complementary

#999E65 #657C9E #86659E

monochromatic

#515435 #75794C #999E65 #B2B68B #CBCDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#999E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#999E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E65

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E65	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.078 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ba91',
    500: '#999e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e65;
$custom-light: #b8ba91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.263,
    "s": 22.709,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68129,
    "c": 0.07793,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E65

secondary

#A5A3BC

accent

#69BF70

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E65

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

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