#999016#999016

#999016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.130 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999016
RGB	rgb(153, 144, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -9.55, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 59.51, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0334 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.13 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2560, 26.7777, 4.7025)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999016 #161F99

analogous

#994F16 #999016 #619916

triadic

#999016 #169990 #901699

tetradic

#999016 #16994F #161F99 #991661

square

#999016 #16994F #161F99 #991661

split-complementary

#999016 #166199 #4F1699

monochromatic

#2E2B07 #635E0E #999016 #CFC21E #E4D945

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#999016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#999016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999016

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999016	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 144, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.130 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb062',
    500: '#999016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999016;
$custom-light: #bbb062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64129,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999016

secondary

#464EC5

accent

#43F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999016

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

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