#999E7B#999E7B

#999E7B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.050 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E7B
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 123)
HSL	hsl(69, 15%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 22%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 22.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -7.95, 17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 19.43, 114.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0204 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.05 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9386, 32.6563, 23.5138)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E7B #807B9E

analogous

#9E917B #999E7B #889E7B

triadic

#999E7B #7B999E #9E7B99

tetradic

#999E7B #7B9E91 #807B9E #9E7B88

square

#999E7B #7B9E91 #807B9E #9E7B88

split-complementary

#999E7B #7B889E #917B9E

monochromatic

#585B43 #7A7F5D #999E7B #B4B89E #D0D2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#999E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#999E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E7B

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E7B	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)

#A39A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.050 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7baa1',
    500: '#999e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e7b;
$custom-light: #b7baa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 15.284,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6858,
    "c": 0.04955,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E7B

secondary

#B5B3C2

accent

#70B87A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110F

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E7B

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

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