#999F79#999F79

#999F79 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.054 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999F79
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 121)
HSL	hsl(69, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 23.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -8.79, 19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 21.09, 114.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0228 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.054 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9860, 32.9492, 22.9183)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#999F79 #7F799F

analogous

#9F9279 #999F79 #869F79

triadic

#999F79 #79999F #9F7999

tetradic

#999F79 #799F92 #7F799F #9F7986

square

#999F79 #799F92 #7F799F #9F7986

split-complementary

#999F79 #79869F #92799F

monochromatic

#585C42 #7A7F5B #999F79 #B4B99D #CFD2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#999F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#999F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999F79

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999F79	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.054 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bba0',
    500: '#999f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999f79;
$custom-light: #b7bba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 16.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68755,
    "c": 0.0537,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999F79

secondary

#B4B2C2

accent

#6FB97A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #999F79

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

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