#999116#999116

#999116 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.131 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999116
RGB	rgb(153, 145, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -10.08, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 59.83, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0349 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.131 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4082, 27.0820, 4.7532)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999116 #161E99

analogous

#995016 #999116 #609916

triadic

#999116 #169991 #911699

tetradic

#999116 #169950 #161E99 #991660

square

#999116 #169950 #161E99 #991660

split-complementary

#999116 #166099 #501699

monochromatic

#2E2C07 #635E0E #999116 #CFC41E #E4DB45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#999116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#999116 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999116

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999116	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 145, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.131 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb062',
    500: '#999116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999116;
$custom-light: #bbb062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64354,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999116

secondary

#464DC5

accent

#42F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999116

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

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