#989916#989916

#989916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.139 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989916
RGB	rgb(152, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -14.76, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 62.53, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0478 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.139 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4859, 29.5165, 5.1663)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989916 #171699

analogous

#995916 #989916 #579916

triadic

#989916 #169899 #991698

tetradic

#989916 #169959 #171699 #991657

square

#989916 #169959 #171699 #991657

split-complementary

#989916 #165799 #591699

monochromatic

#2E2E07 #63630E #989916 #CDCF1E #E3E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#989916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#989916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #989916

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989916	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.139 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab663',
    500: '#989916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989916;
$custom-light: #bab663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66077,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989916

secondary

#4746C5

accent

#36F138

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #989916

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

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