#999E6E#999E6E

#999E6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.067 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E6E
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 110)
HSL	hsl(66, 20%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 30%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 30.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -9.85, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 26.45, 111.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.026 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.067 113)
XYZ	xyz(28.1782, 32.3521, 19.5090)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E6E #736E9E

analogous

#9E8B6E #999E6E #819E6E

triadic

#999E6E #6E999E #9E6E99

tetradic

#999E6E #6E9E8B #736E9E #9E6E81

square

#999E6E #6E9E8B #736E9E #9E6E81

split-complementary

#999E6E #6E819E #8B6E9E

monochromatic

#54573A #787C53 #999E6E #B3B793 #CDCFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#999E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#999E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E6E

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E6E	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5996B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.067 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ba98',
    500: '#999e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e6e;
$custom-light: #b7ba98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 19.835,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.683,
    "c": 0.06663,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.32352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E6E

secondary

#ACA9BE

accent

#6BBC74

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E6E

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

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