#999F6E#999F6E

#999F6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.068 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999F6E
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 110)
HSL	hsl(67, 20%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 31%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 30.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -10.38, 24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 27.00, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0276 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.068 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3495, 32.6946, 19.5661)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999F6E #746E9F

analogous

#9F8C6E #999F6E #809F6E

triadic

#999F6E #6E999F #9F6E99

tetradic

#999F6E #6E9F8C #746E9F #9F6E80

square

#999F6E #6E9F8C #746E9F #9F6E80

split-complementary

#999F6E #6E809F #8C6E9F

monochromatic

#55583A #787D53 #999F6E #B3B793 #CDD0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#999F6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#999F6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999F6E

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999F6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999F6E	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999f6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.068 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bb98',
    500: '#999f6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999f6e;
$custom-light: #b7bb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999f6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.347,
    "s": 20.332,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68523,
    "c": 0.06805,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999F6E

secondary

#ACAABF

accent

#6BBD75

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999F6E

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

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