#999216#999216

#999216 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.132 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999216
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -10.62, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 60.15, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0364 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.132 106)
XYZ	xyz(23.5616, 27.3889, 4.8044)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999216 #161D99

analogous

#995116 #999216 #5F9916

triadic

#999216 #169992 #921699

tetradic

#999216 #169951 #161D99 #99165F

square

#999216 #169951 #161D99 #99165F

split-complementary

#999216 #165F99 #511699

monochromatic

#2E2C07 #635F0E #999216 #CFC51E #E4DC45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#999216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#999216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999216

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999216	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5877C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.132 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb162',
    500: '#999216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999216;
$custom-light: #bbb162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64579,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.27388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999216

secondary

#464CC5

accent

#40F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999216

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

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