#999F40#999F40

#999F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.119 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999F40
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 59.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -15.30, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 50.03, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0455 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.119 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4611, 31.9393, 9.6205)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999F40 #46409F

analogous

#9F7540 #999F40 #699F40

triadic

#999F40 #40999F #9F4099

tetradic

#999F40 #409F75 #46409F #9F4069

square

#999F40 #409F75 #46409F #9F4069

split-complementary

#999F40 #40699F #75409F

monochromatic

#45481D #6F732E #999F40 #B8BE5E #CBD08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#999F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#999F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999F40

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999F40	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.119 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb79',
    500: '#999f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999f40;
$custom-light: #b9bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.789,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67827,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999F40

secondary

#8480BB

accent

#55D25D

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999F40

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

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