#999E7A#999E7A

#999E7A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.051 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E7A
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 122)
HSL	hsl(68, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 22.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -8.10, 18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 19.98, 113.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0208 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.051 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8763, 32.6314, 23.1858)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E7A #7F7A9E

analogous

#9E917A #999E7A #879E7A

triadic

#999E7A #7A999E #9E7A99

tetradic

#999E7A #7A9E91 #7F7A9E #9E7A87

square

#999E7A #7A9E91 #7F7A9E #9E7A87

split-complementary

#999E7A #7A879E #917A9E

monochromatic

#585B42 #7A7F5C #999E7A #B4B89D #CFD2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#999E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#999E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E7A

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E7A	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39A78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.051 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7baa0',
    500: '#999e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e7a;
$custom-light: #b7baa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 15.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68557,
    "c": 0.05088,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E7A

secondary

#B4B2C1

accent

#6FB87A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E7A

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

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