#999E8A#999E8A

#999E8A is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.029 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E8A
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(75, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(75, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -5.49, 9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 11.27, 119.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0139 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.029 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9506, 33.0611, 28.8434)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E8A #8F8A9E

analogous

#9E998A #999E8A #8F9E8A

triadic

#999E8A #8A999E #9E8A99

tetradic

#999E8A #8A9E99 #8F8A9E #9E8A8F

square

#999E8A #8A9E99 #8F8A9E #9E8A8F

split-complementary

#999E8A #8A8F9E #998A9E

monochromatic

#5B5F4F #7B806A #999E8A #B6BAAB #D3D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#999E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#999E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E8A

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E8A	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.029 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7baac',
    500: '#999e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e8a;
$custom-light: #b7baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 9.346,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68948,
    "c": 0.02908,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E8A

secondary

#C0BEC6

accent

#75B285

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E8A

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

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