#99A083

A medium, muted yellow closely aligning with Darkgray.

About #99A083

The hex code #99A083 represents a beautifully specific shade of yellow. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkgray. Its digital footprint relies on 153 parts red, 160 parts green, and 131 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 4% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 74.5° hue, 13.2% saturation, and 57.1% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#99A083
RGB153, 160, 131
HSL74.5°, 13.2%, 57.1%
CMYK4%, 0%, 18%, 37%
HSV74.5°, 18.1%, 62.7%
LAB64.6, -7.7, 14.3
XYZ29.8, 33.6, 26.4
Decimal10068099

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.72:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.71:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.60:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.55:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #99A083; }
.text-color { color: #99A083; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #99A083; }

Similar Colors

Darkgray
#A9A9A9